Board of Directors

Rola joined Willowdale Community Legal Services in 2002 and has worked as a Licensed Paralegal and Community Legal Worker since 2009. She works as a paralegal focusing primarily on immigration law. Rola is an active member in the Fairview community. Rola’s volunteer work has included board work with Turtle House and the Canadian Druze Society. She is passionate about helping others and volunteering her time and skills with organizations such as the Fairview Interagency Network and the Toronto North Local Immigration Partnership to help newcomers and local residents. Rola has served as a Director on the FHC Board since 2018 and she is always looking forward to contributing her extensive experience and knowledge for the benefit of the communities and clients FHC serves.

Jennifer works for Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto East Health Network as the Manager of the Emergency Department. She is a Registered Nurse and holdss a master's degree in Disaster and Emergency Management. Jennifer has a passion for health care, quality improvement, health promotion and collaborating with community members to provide meaningful programs that support their needs and address the social determinants of health. She brings her skills and knowledge of health services system planning, risk management, change management and quality improvement to the FHC board.

Kunuk is a physician, administrator and system planner. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Medical Affairs at St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto. He is on active staff at St. Joseph’s Health Centre and a member of the courtesy staff at St. Michael's Hospital and Providence Healthcentre. Kunuk has worked in Ontario Health (West) and the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) in Waterloo-Wellington as the former Vice President of Clinical Quality, where he oversaw the Primary Care portfolio. Prior to moving back to Toronto, Kunuk worked in Cambridge, Ontario, where he collaborated closely with community partners as Chief of Staff of Cambridge Memorial Hospital. He has worked with hospital boards and their subcommittees, as well as the LHIN Board and subcommittees.

Tiffany works for the Hospital for Sick Children as the Senior Controller, Research Financial Planning & Operations. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and is a Chartered Professional Accountant. Tiffany has vast finance, leadership and governance experience and skills from previous roles, including her time as treasurer for The People Bridge Charitable Foundation and Jamaica 50 Celebration Inc. Tiffany is passionate about health equity and ensuring that all communities have access to high-quality health care, preventative programs and services that support overall well-being.

Noel is a retired senior executive with management and business consulting experience, who has also been a client of Flemingdon Health Centre for more than 30 years. Passionate about the work of FHC and the communities we serve, over the past three years, Noel has been extensively engaged and contributed immensely to the work of the Board and the Policy Review & CEO Recruitment committees. Having completed his first three-year term as a Member of the Board of Directors, Noel is standing for a second term.

Kasturi Ghoshal, a Branch Manager with 22 years of experience in various financial institutions, has been a loyal member of FHC family since 1980 as a patient. Kasturi Ghoshal holds BAH from University of Toronto with a major in Sociology and a minor in Economics. Kasturi is passionate about community work has been volunteering her time for many years serving dinner in a homeless shelter, Secretary of Lions Club and very recently being a Board member of East End Arts bringing various art forms to marginalized children after school. Kasturi is resolute in raising the quality of life for the marginalized and invisible
In her free time, Kasturi enjoys travelling, reading and when the occasion raises itself cooking!

Anastasia is a long-standing member of the Flemington Park community, having lived in the area for more than 20 years. She has been a client of Flemington Health Centre for almost 20 years. Anastasia has a diploma in Community Work from George Brown College, where she graduated with honours. She is currently working towards obtaining her Bachelor of Social Work from TMU. Anastasia has been an active member of her community, helping to organize community events and currently sits on the Board of Directors for a local childcare centre. Her passions include advocating for and amplifying the voices of marginalized people of all backgrounds, working with the unhoused and those living with mental health concerns and/or substance misuse. In her free time she enjoys reading, art, travel and spending time with family

Dr. Saswata Deb, is an Emergency Physician and a Clinician Scientist at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is an Assistant Professor, in the Division of Emergency Medicine, in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, at the University of Toronto. His research is focused on narrowing racial disparities in healthcare delivery and cardiovascular emergencies. In addition to patient-care and research, Saswata enjoys teaching medical students and residents.

Saswata immigrated to Canada with his parents and younger sister in 1990 from India. He completed most of his training in Toronto. He has spent over 10 years residing in our community with his family. Saswata can be seen enjoying his evening walks in our neighborhood while sipping on masala chai.

Erica Di Maio is a seasoned communications leader with 15 years of experience in strategic communications within healthcare settings. As Director of Corporate Communications and Community Engagement at Michael Garron Hospital and Co-Lead of the Communications, Engagement and Navigation Portfolio for East Toronto Health Partners, she excels in advancing equity-focused health initiatives.

Erica has a proven track record of adeptly navigating complex healthcare environments, leading collaborative teams and leveraging communications to enhance organizational performance, elevate patient experiences and deepen community engagement. She is excited to apply her expertise to support Flemingdon Health Centre in addressing health disparities and building meaningful community connections.

Sheeba is a newcomer advocate, who has over 15 years’ experience in the sector. She has travelled through the 7 Canadian provinces from East to West, to learn settlement challenges and available support services for newcomers. Currently, she is the Sr. Manager – Employment Training and Settlement services at New Circles.  During her career she has worked with a range of stakeholders to help improve settlement outcomes for newcomers.

She is an English Honors graduate with Post Graduation certificates in Leadership, Project Management, Journalism and Human Rights. She loves meeting people and travel.

Sneha Abraham is an accomplished health systems expert with experience in population health management, data and measurement strategy, relationship and change management, and artificial intelligence.
She holds an HBA in Health Studies from the University of Toronto, a MSc in Community Health Sciences from the University of Manitoba, and a Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence from the Smith School of Business at Queen's University.