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CHSS Sourcing Team

CHSS is a Shared Service Organization with a Sourcing mandate presently exclusive of procurement and warehousing. The CHSS team works under the supervision of an Executive Director.

Executive Director: Toby O’Hara (Tohara@chss-sasc.ca)

With over 18 years of senior managerial experience in his role as General Manager at HMMS, Toby added the responsibilities of the CHSS Executive Director in July 2024. His foremost priorities include providing operational support to CHSS’s staff, ensuring the members continue to receive maximum value from CHSS, and working closely with the Board of Directors to navigate the evolving health care supply chain sector. Toby is thrilled to be working with the excellent staff and members of CHSS.

Manager, Strategic Sourcing: Jyotika Deshpande (jdeshpande@chss-sasc.ca)

Jyotika has 10 years of progressive experience in the supplier community and has been with CHSS since 2013. At CHSS, she has held the positions of Sourcing Analyst and Senior Sourcing & Contract Administrator. Now as the Manager of Strategic Sourcing, Jyotika manages CHSS vendors and CHSS sourcing initiatives in accordance with CHSS goals and objectives, as well as Provincial mandates. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Physics from The University of Toronto.

Senior Sourcing & Contract Administrator: Leeza Sharma (lsharma@chss-sasc.ca)

Leeza has over 8 years of extensive experience in quality assurance, supply chain management and procurement of health commodities for global health and nutrition programs. She holds a master’s degree in public administration (MPA). As the Senior Sourcing & Contract Administrator, Leeza leads Members in RFP and Contract Development, and the implementation and management phases of Contracts in accordance with the BPS Procurement Directive.

Senior Sourcing Analyst: Eddie Caron (ecaron@chss-sasc.ca)

Before joining CHSS in 2010, Eddie worked in the Supplier Community for over 10 years. He has a wealth of Purchasing knowledge and experience from various industries, including Healthcare. As the Senior Sourcing Analyst, Eddie participates in various sourcing initiatives, supports CHSS Members through his extensive knowledge of our GHX and various EDI tools, and gathers and analyzes data to look for sourcing and saving opportunities.

Contract Coordinator: Leah Gallagher (lgallagher@chss-sasc.ca)

Leah completed her Master of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario and has been working with CHSS since 2013. As the Contract Coordinator, Leah leads or assists in facilitating the RFx process - from document drafts to evaluation analysis - and is responsible for the continuous improvement related to contract uploads, maintenance, and data quality in order to improve data integrity and facilitate data analysis.

Board of Directors

The CHSS Board manages, at a high level, the affairs of CHSS and is representative of the following members:

  • Arnprior Regional Health
  • Bruyère Health
  • Cornwall Community Hospital
  • Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital
  • Deep River and District Health
  • Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
  • Hawkesbury and District General Hospital
  • Kemptville District Hospital
  • Hôpital Montfort
  • Pembroke Regional Hospital
  • Queensway Carleton Hospital
  • Renfrew Victoria Hospital

Each board member is in office for one year from the date of the meeting at which they are elected until the annual meeting next following or until their successors are elected. Directors whose term of office expires shall be eligible for re-election to the Board. There are at least four (4) regular meetings annually.

The CHSS board members consists of the following:

Chair - Karin Hagen, Chief Finance Officer, Cornwall Community Hospital

Co-Chair - Melanié Dubé, Chief Financial Officer, Vice-President Corporate Services, Planning and Redevelopment, Bruyère Health

Treasurer - Cameron Best, Vice President, Corporate & Financial Services & Chief Financial Officer, Queensway Carleton Hospital

Secretary - Toby O’Hara, Executive Director, Champlain Health Supply Services

Director - Jeff Letourneau, VP Finance & Support Services, CFO, Arnprior Regional Health

Director - Brad Hilker, Vice President and CFO, Carleton Place (MRHA)

Director - William Willard, CPA, CA, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Deep River and District Health

Director - Jeremy Roberts, Chief Financial Officer and VP of Facilities, Hawkesbury and District General Hospital

Director - Linda S. Ramsay, CPA, CA, VP of Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer, Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital

Director - Brittany Rivard, CFO and VP of Operations, Kemptville District Hospital

Director - Jacinthe Fleury, B.A.A., M.A.P., Director, Procurement, Logistics and MDRD, Hôpital Montfort

Director - Scott Coombes, CPA, CA, CFA, Vice President Finance & Corporate Services (CFO), Pembroke Regional Hospital

Director - Kimberley Harbord CPA CGA, MBA, V.P. Financial Services, Performance, and Information Services, Chief Financial Officer, Renfrew Victoria Hospital

Vendor Community

CHSS knows its vendors are valuable resources, believes in sustaining a healthy vendor marketplace, and that by working in partnership, we can achieve our mutual supply chain objectives.

Because CHSS activities are exclusively related to Sourcing, vendors will continue to meet with Purchasing staff within our member hospitals for operational issues, support, etc. CHSS will be involved on the contracting/tendering initiatives and with ongoing vendor relationship management.