Board Member Biographies

Jennifer Anderson received her Bachelor of Science in Education in Speech Pathology in 1995 from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. She then went on to receive her Master of Science in Audiology from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, England. She worked for over 10 years in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), where she held a variety of managerial and clinical roles at both community and teaching hospital level. These included managing the introduction of the universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program for three London Boroughs and being Chair for the Children’s Hearing Services Working Group during her time at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrooke’s). She has enjoyed teaching, assisting in professional development, and providing mentorship throughout her career (to students and practicing clinicians in the UK, Canada and Australia).

Board Chair, Elected Professional Member (AUD), District 5
First Elected: 2015 (AUD)
Re-elected 2018, 2021

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Pam Millett is an Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Program at York University. Prior to completing a PhD in education in 2006, she was an educational audiologist in school boards and schools for the deaf in Ontario. Her areas of research are in educational audiology, deaf and hard of hearing education, auditory learning in the classroom and accommodations for students with hearing loss at the post secondary level. She teaches courses in language and literacy development for deaf and hard of hearing learners, educational audiology and classroom amplification at York, as well as graduate courses in educational assessment and quantitative research methods. She chaired the Canadian Interorganization Steering Group for the development of the Canadian Guidelines for Auditory Processing Disorder in Children and Adults: Assessment and Intervention. She has served as a non-Board member on CASLPO committees and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA), and was awarded Honours of the Association for OSLA in 2015.

Vice-Chair, Professional Member (AUD), District 2
First Elected: 2018
Re-elected 2021

Tara Barber has 19 years of experience working as a Speech Language Pathologist in Northern Ontario. After graduating from Northern Michigan University with her M.A. in Speech Language Pathology, Tara began her career in Thunder Bay, Ontario, providing services to school age children in remote locations north of Lake Superior. In 2004, she relocated back to her home town of Kenora in order to continue providing services to the pediatric, school age, and adult population in underserviced North Western Ontario communities. Tara currently works for the Keewatin Patricia District School Board, a board that covers a geographic area the size of France and two time zones! Tara spends her summer months enjoying camp time on the Winnipeg River with family and friends, and her winter months at Kenora’s Mt. Evergreen Ski Club as a volunteer and member of the Board of Directors. Tara has been a part of various CASLPO committees as a non-Board member for several years.

Elected Professional Member (SLP) District 4
First Elected: 2018
Re-elected 2021

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Karen Bright graduated with her M.H.Sc. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Toronto in 1981 and worked at Kingston General and Hotel Dieu hospitals (now Kingston Health Sciences Centre) until retiring from her position in September 2017. Over the course of her career she has provided both acute and ambulatory care services to people of all ages with a variety of communication disorders. In 2007, she became the Professional Practice Leader for Allied Health at Hotel Dieu, representing over 15 regulated and unregulated professions, consulting with them and their respective colleges and chairing the Professional Practice Council. In addition, she chaired a tri-hospital inter-professional working group to select and develop the standard documentation methodology for use in the Kingston hospitals and led a hospital wide implementation of the best practice guideline for ambulatory falls prevention as part of the Hotel Dieu Hospital Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) candidacy requirement. For the last ten years, her clinical role was focused exclusively on voice assessment and treatment as a member of the Hotel Dieu/Queen's University Voice Clinic. She served as a non-Board member of the CASLPO Discipline Committee from 2007-16.

Elected Professional Member (SLP) District 1
First Elected: 2017
Re-elected 2020

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Ioan Curca is Assistant Professor and Clinical Supervisor at the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University. Ioan graduated from Medical School and the Otolaryngology Internship program at Gr. T. POPA University of Medicine in Iasi, Romania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same university. He also holds a Master of Clinical Science in Audiology from Western University. Ioan joined the Audiology Program at Western University in 2018, where he supervises clinical training and teaches cochlear implants and vestibular assessment and rehabilitation. He further expanded his clinical auditory, balance, and electrophysiology skills and knowledge during his employment as a clinical audiologist with Vivosonic Inc. and with Elgin Audiology Consultants. Professor Curca’s clinical research interests include: cochlear implants, balance, tinnitus, and interventions and outcomes in adults with hearing loss. Between 2010 and 2015, he coordinated a research project on adult cochlear implant users as a collaboration between Western University’s National Centre for Audiology and the London Health Sciences Centre. Ioan also served as research associate with the Human Auditory Phenotyping & Genetics Laboratory directed by Dr. Susan Stanton at the National Centre for Audiology. He is a certified member of Speech-Language & Audiology Canada, and also a certified member of the Romanian Society of Audiology and Communication Pathology.

Academic Member (AUD)
First Appointed: 2021

Tina D’Agnillo has over 25 years of experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist. After graduating from Wayne State University in Michigan, she began her career in Windsor, providing speech and language services through the CCAC Program. At the John McGivney Children’s Centre, she was supervisor of the pre-school speech and language program, and coordinator of the early language parent training program. As an SLP in an education setting, Ms. D’Agnillo served on committees which developed speech-language and literacy service protocols for the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board. In her community, she is an active volunteer and the chair of an annual fundraising campaign for cancer research. Ms. D’Agnillo currently operates a private practice, which was established in 1999. Her main professional interests are the development of initiatives which support Speech-Language Pathologists, and the promotion of quality of service.

Elected Professional Member (SLP), District 3
First Elected: 2014 (SLP, Vice President of Council)
Re-elected 2017, 2020

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Lynn Ellwood is an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, and Coordinator of Clinical Education at the University of Toronto. She received her Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders from the University of Western Ontario, and her M.H.Sc. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Toronto, as well as her M.B.A. from the Henley Business School of Reading University. Lynn brings clinical experience in a broad range of settings, from acute care to community-based, and in both public and private sectors. Past professional titles include Senior Speech-Language Pathologist, Clinical Practice Leader. She has mentored volunteers, students and clinical peers and remains clinically active with a small private practice. She joined the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto in 2003, where she manages clinical courses and teaches academic courses. She is an active member of the Canadian Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education Committee for the Canadian Council of University Programs, as well as the Ontario Council of University Programs in Rehabilitation. Lynn is a long-standing member of both the national and provincial professional associations. She has chaired the Awards Committee for Speech-Language and Audiology Canada, and currently advises the Exam Item Writing Sub-committee.

Academic Member (SLP)
First Appointed: 2018
Re-appointed 2021

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Kimberly Eskritt obtained her Master of Clinical Science degree in Audiology from Western University in 1995, and her clinical Doctorate in Audiology from Salus University in 2007. Originally from Ridgetown, Ontario, Kim has practised in Sarnia for over 22 years. In addition to private practice, Kim is also an associate Professor for the Communicative Disorders Assistant post-graduate certificate program at Lambton College, Sarnia. Over the years, Kim has been an active member of various professional organizations, serving as a Board member of the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA), as well as serving on various CASLPO committees as a non-Board member.

Professional Member (AUD), District 3
First Elected: 2017
Re-elected 2020

Satpaul Singh Johal of Brampton, Ontario has over 20 years of professional experience in communications, public relations, counselling, immigration and translations. This encompasses research and analysis, story development, program editing, anchoring radio and TV programs. As an interpreter/translator, he specializes in legal terminology. Since 2002 he has been a News and Talk Show Host on Canadian Community Channel TV & Radio.

Mr. Johal holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Additionally, he has completed an Immigration Law study program at Humber College, Toronto. He has participated in media delegations with two Canadian Prime Ministers and the Premier of Ontario travelling to countries, including India, Japan, China, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. Being an established journalist, Mr. Johal contributes regularly with his detailed editorial columns in different newspapers. He served as a member of Correction Canada’s Ontario Regional Ethno-cultural Advisory Committee from 2005 to 2013. He was appointed a member of CAC in 2014. Mr. Johal’s core skills and competencies include advocacy, communications, public relations, conflict resolution, counselling, facilitation, negotiation and mediation.

Public Member
First Appointed: 2015
Re-appointed 2018, 2021

Brian Mason, CPA, CA is a former television finance executive turned producer. He is now the CEO of his new own production company Mason Films. He became a Chartered Accountant in the technology, media & telecommunications group at KPMG Toronto. Continuing into television at Epitome Pictures and DHX Studios Toronto (now Wildbrain) as the Production Controller, working on various television series including DEGRASSI. He moved on to be the Executive in Charge of Finance at Architect Films and Nikki Ray Media Agency, running the television production finance function, working on over 10 different series across multiple seasons for HGTV, Food Network & Discovery. Brian is now taking on the world of feature films, with his own production DRIVE BACK HOME and having recently completed work on NORTH OF NORMAL, with JoBro Productions, and WHO’S YER FATHER?, with 63 Lights.

Brian graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting. He has a Certificate in Film Studies from Ryerson University, now Toronto Metropolitan University.

Public Member
First Appointed: 2022

Donna Mooney of Mallorytown worked for most of her career as an Assessor with the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC). She also worked previously for the Leeds and Grenville Board of Education. Donna received her A.I.M.A designation in 1991 from the Institute of Municipal Assessors in cooperation with Fanshawe College. As a Property Valuation Analyst, she has valued and defended property values at the Assessment Review Board level for over 30 years. Donna enjoys travelling and volunteering locally and overseas; including with the United Way. She is also a dedicated Sunday school teacher and most recently a teacher and assistant at the Ocean Academy High School in Belize.

Public Member
First Appointed: 2016
Re-appointed 2019, 2022

Melanie Moussa-Elaraby of Toronto; is a published author of a fictional novel and a short story for a literary magazine in India. Currently working on several new literary works, Ms. Moussa-Elaraby is also a world traveller. Formerly she was employed in private and not for profit settings in an administrative capacity. Educated as a Law Clerk, she has over five years’ experience working with health regulatory colleges. Ms. Moussa-Elaraby holds her Associate Level, Law Clerk certificate from the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario.

Public member
First Appointed: 2014
Re-appointed 2017, 2020

Thomas Robson currently works as a Manager, Business Development at the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO). Before IMCO, he served as a Director of Policy in the Ministry of Education and as Senior Policy Advisor in the provincial Treasury Board Secretariat. Thomas attended Trinity College at the University of Toronto, where he obtained an Honours Bachelors of Arts. He also holds a Masters of Science in Global Finance and Banking from King's Business School, at King’s College London (UK.)

Public Member
First Appointed: 2022

Emily Rosen obtained her Masters of Clinical Science in Audiology at the University of Western Ontario in 2008. In 2020, Emily obtained her certification in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy from the Jastreboff Hearing Disorders Foundation, as well as her certificate in Tinnitus Management from the American Academy of Audiology. She spent the first 3 years of her career in private practice and has been in her current role at the Hotel Dieu Hospital Site of the Kingston Health Sciences Centre for the past 11 years. In her current role, Emily provides diagnostics and rehabilitation for both pediatric and adult populations, in addition to her work with the Infant Hearing Program. Following her training, she established a Tinnitus Retraining Therapy program at the hospital. Emily has been a member of the Professional Practice Council for Allied Health Professionals within her organization for many years. She has mentored medical students, audiology students and clinical peers and enjoys these opportunities to give back to the field of audiology.

Elected Professional Member (SLP) District 1
First Elected: 2022

Kanwar Saini

Kanwar Anit Singh Saini (he/him/his) of Etobicoke is a speech-language pathologist currently working for a child treatment centre in Mississauga. He has 11 years experience having started out in his home city of Montreal at a Centre de santé et de services sociaux working in pediatrics. In 2013, he settled in Toronto where he worked at Toronto District School Board and supported French services with Toronto’s preschool system. Kanwar holds an MSc. in speech-language pathology from McGill University, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in music with a minor in Linguistics. He recently completed graduate studies in French Rehab Medicine for SLPs from University of Alberta. He is passionate about multilingualism, supporting new families and refugees, early literacy, and capacity building as a therapeutic tool. He occasionally teaches a class on serving diverse populations for the new grads at University of Toronto. Kanwar passionately supports his LGBTQ2S+ community through the arts having DJ’d many Pride celebrations and music festivals internationally. He has been making beats since he was 15-years-old, fusing folk Punjabi music with underground hip-hop and reggae. He is a VoiceOver actor with SecondCity, and is learning guitar.

Elected Professional Member (SLP) District 6
First Elected: 2022

Shari Wilson, of Toronto, is a former Marketing Manager and has over a decade worth of experience marketing consumer packaged goods. Ms. Wilson has been an active community volunteer for the past twenty years, serving as a Board Member, Treasurer or Chairperson for a wide range of organizations in the fields of education, health care and social justice. Ms. Wilson holds a Bachelor’s Degree and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from York University.

Public Member
First Appointed: 2012
Re-appointed 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020

Yvonne Wyndham has over 25 years of experience as a Speech and Language Therapist. She trained, graduated and worked in London, UK, within paediatric clinical and community settings for two years before immigrating to Canada. Yvonne has a wide range of experience, working in School Health Support (now CCAC) and Peel Preschool Speech-Language Services as well as two school boards. She works currently with the Toronto District School Board as a field SLP. Yvonne is a member of her department’s Technology and Public Relations Committees and was also a long time member of her department’s Professional Practices Committee. Yvonne has been a volunteer for various charitable institutions. She is a board member of a charitable organization that aims to promote and develop the work of specific community agencies which support and inspire urban youth to lead lives free of violence. Yvonne was also a BBC Canada voice-over artist for six years. Her professional interests include the ongoing promotion, development and maintenance of quality speech-language services within this evolving profession.

Professional Member (SLP) District 2
First Elected: 2015
Re-elected 2018, 2021