Initially trained as a Shiatsu practitioner, Sarah began her career as co-founder and CEO of a corporate wellness company in Toronto. She then honed her research and writing skills from many years of academia and her knowledge of the healthcare system into co-founding the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) where she developed new skills in program management, care coordination, stakeholder outreach, events and fundraising, and helped to lead the OICC into a profitable and large sized clinic that provided integrative cancer care to hundreds of patients each year in the Ottawa region. From there, she helped her partner of over 20 years launch the Centre for Health Innovation (CHI) in 2020, expanding into caring for those with any form of chronic disease.
Sarah has a passion for integrative healthcare, minding the environment, youth mental health awareness and building healthy communities on the local level. She draws her inspiration from her work in all these domains including as a healthcare entrepreneur, a member of her local environmental committee, advocating at the political and institutional level for increased youth mental health supports, and as a developer of products that support our local communities.
From her recent Master of Arts graduate degree in Transformational Leadership and Spirituality, to her time as co-chair of the Zero Waste Committee at the GCA, to her role as a board member of her children’s junior high school, to her development of EcoHarmonyBee products, and her continued role in business strategies and interior design for the CHI’s multi-level building, Sarah combines her business acumen, writing skills, community engagement and passion in projects for a sustainable and healthy planet for generations to come.
Sarah is most proud of the ways in which her and her partner’s vision have helped inspire patients and clinicians to bridge the gaps in care for chronic disease. She is also delighted by and in awe of her two children, now young adults navigating the world such as it is.
Photo credit: Urszula Muntean Photography
