About Us

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

  • Lynn Cooper, President
  • Dr. Marc White, Vice President
  • Louise Carbonneau-Vermeiren, Treasurer
  • Sandra Gartz, Secretary
  • James Brophey, Fund Development
  • Wady Dyson Nierszhauss, Membership and Volunteers
  • Diane Lewis, Nursing Issues SIG Representative
  • Dr. Ann Gamsa, Painexplained Representative
  • Janice Sumpton, Pain Resource Centre Representative
  • Dr. Judy Watt-Watson, Canadian Pain Society Representative
  • Dr. Celeste Johnston

Advisors to the Board

  • Manon Choinière, PhD, Clinical Scientist, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal; Full Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal; former Board Member CPC
  • Helen Tupper, Past President of the North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada (now merged with CPAC); Past President of the Canadian Pain Coalition
  • Mike Salter, MD, PhD, Senior Scientist Hospital for Sick Children; former Board Member CPC

Officers

  • President, Lynn Cooper
  • Vice-President, Dr. Marc White
  • Treasurer, Louise Carbonneau-Vermeiren