Cendrine Tremblay, Chair

Brad Pierce, Vice Chair

Pat Wetherup, Treasurer

Adele Fox, Director

Allison Webb, Director

Kathryn Quick, Director

Supriya Goyal, Director

Laurel Adamson, Secretary

Ellie Siebens, Director

Michael Grogan, Director

Dr. Roxanne Pinson, Director

Cendrine Tremblay, MBA, CPA
Chair & Founding Member

Cendrine co-founded Silver Linings Foundation in response to her experience as a parent of a child with an eating disorder. During her family’s journey through the illness, Cendrine met many parents and practitioners who recognized the need for improving the continuum of care for eating disorders in Alberta. Cendrine now shares with Silver Linings her expertise in finance and management and experience in financial services, and the high-tech health care sector. She has more than 20 years of operations and oversight experience in not-for-profit organizations, through board and executive committee positions.

Brad Pierce, LLB
Vice Chair & Founding Member

Brad is a retired lawyer and consultant splitting his time between Calgary and Canmore.

An avid skier , cyclist  and enjoyer of the mountains, Brad also devotes considerable time serving his community and supporting various  charitable causes in addition to Sliver Lining, including, serving on the boards of Valour Canada and the Association for Mountain Parks Protection & Enjoyment (AMPPE), and previously as a member of the Calgary Economic Development board and of the boards of the A 100 and the Venture Capital Association of Alberta. 

Pat Wetherup, CPA, CA
Treasurer

Pat has worked in various areas of public accounting, including taxation, data analysis and auditing companies of all sizes, charities, and government organizations. Currently, Pat provides contract risk assurance, contract compliance, and internal audit advisory services to many clients throughout North America to assist their procurement and supply chain groups. 

Most of Pat’s personal time is spent with his wife and two small children, or at the rugby pitch.  Pat’s other interests include playing the cello, Olympic weightlifting, and working on cars.

Adele Fox, RPsych
Director

Adele is a Registered Psychologist, Imago Relationship Therapist and Certified Mediator. She has worked as an Occupational Therapist and Psychologist in both the private and public sectors in Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia. In 1998 she trained and worked in the Inpatient Eating Disorders Program at Toronto General Hospital and outpatient at Oakville Hospital.  Relocating back to her home province of Alberta in 2002, Adele now provides individual and group treatment within her private practice. 

Adele lives with her firefighting husband, is a scrabble fan, and lives for travelling the world.

Allison Webb
Director

Allison has extensive experience in the areas of brand strategy, marketing and communications. Over her 25 year career, she has worked for LoyaltyOne (Air Miles), Critical Mass, and is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Mawer Investment Management, which she joined in 2013. In her role at Mawer, she is also responsible for all community giving programs and had the opportunity to work with Silverlinings in a fundraising capacity. This exposure fueled her interest in further supporting the important work of the foundation by joining the board. Allison has also obtained experience in the not-for-profit sector, having served on the boards of the Churchill Park Family Care Society and the Famous Five Foundation. She holds a BA in Communications and an MBA from the University of Calgary.

In her spare time, Allison enjoys traveling with her husband and two teenage daughters, running, biking between Calgary’s craft breweries and playing with her dog, Munchie.  

Kathryn Quick
Director

Kathryn is a transplant from Ontario currently working as a Relocation Consultant, helping families transition to life in Calgary. Through her career in the non-profit world, she has gained expertise in adult education and training, marketing, communications and volunteer coordination. Her personal journey with an eating disorder gives Kathryn the inspiration and drive to bring Silver Linings’ vision to fruition

Kathryn is most proud of the past 25 years of ups and downs invested in raising two amazing children. Outside of work and volunteering, she enjoys long walks in Calgary and making plans for her next visit to the water with her husband.

Laurel Adamson, MBA
Director

Laurel owns her own real estate consulting business in Calgary specializing in retail leasing, consulting to both landlords and retailers. She has a Masters of Business Administration in Executive Management. Prior to starting her own brokerage, Laurel was Vice President of Leasing for Primaris Management Inc.  Past volunteer positions include serving as the Prairie Provinces Provincial Chair for ICSC, sitting on the board of the Southern Alberta Shopping Centre Association, as well as the Calgary Highland Dance Association.  

When she's not working or volunteering, she's baking for friends and family; playing word games with her two remarkable kids; or chasing after Peekay, her Havanese puppy.

Michael Grogan
Director

Mike Grogan is the President & CEO of IntegralOrg, a nonprofit that provides governance, management and strategic supports to charities and nonprofits across Alberta. Mike has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 25 years and is recognized for his ability to create effective and adaptive solutions to organizational and community issues. His skills and experience stem from a diverse background that encompasses building organizations from the ground up, to leading backcountry wilderness adventures, to developing leading-edge nonprofit collaborative, public policy, and capacity building initiatives.

Dr. Supriya Goyal, MBBS, MD, FRCPC
Director

Supriya currently works as a Family Physician as part of a multidisciplinary team in her practice supporting patients with mental health issues. She has a special interest in adolescent mental health and finds the impact of treating young people personally very rewarding. Prior to completing her residency in Family Medicine in Ottawa she came to Canada specializing in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in India. She is a clinical lecturer in the department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary.

When not working to improve the wellbeing of her patients Supriya enjoys mentoring her colleagues. She loves to travel extensively with her husband and 2 sons.

Ellie Siebens
Director

Ellie Siebens has had a long career advancing the welfare of children throughout the world through education. In 2005 she founded The Ssubi Foundation whereby she built schools and provided educational supports for hundreds of children in Uganda. In 2009, Ellie became the Head of School at the Montessori School of Calgary where she revitalized the school’s operations and raised funds to build a state-of-the-art playground. She currently sits on the Board of West Island College (2017-2022) and the Alberta Ballet (2020-2022). Her involvement with several non-profit organizations in Calgary and throughout the world will bring valuable experience and skills to the board of Silver Linings Foundation. In her spare time, she skis, cycles and rides horses with her husband, Carter. Together they have three adult children, Renner, Dane and Taryn.

Dr. Roxanne Pinson

Roxanne reigns from Edmonton, Alberta, where she completed her undergraduate degree in biological sciences with a minor in business. She then completed her Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Alberta and finally completed her Pediatrics training at the Alberta Children’s hospital.

With Roxanne’s involvement in the competitive dance and cheer world from childhood to her early 20s, she had been in environments where eating disorders were quite prevalent. Her interest was further sparked when she discovered the work of adolescent medicine during her residency. She was quick to notice how unique eating disorders are and the challenges in the system for medical services and resources available. Roxanne had always had a knack for identifying areas of improvement and is inspired to innovate.

Dr. Pinson currently runs a general pediatric practice at Infinity Pediatrics, is a Clinical lecturer with the University of Calgary, and is one of the paediatricians is part of the eating disorder inpatient service at the Alberta Childrens hospital. Additionally she is one of the few paediatricians in Calgary who treat and see patients with eating disorders in her community clinic.

Outside of medicine Roxanne enjoys travelling, staying active with her husband, along with hanging out with her close friends and family.

Gina Dimitropoulos, MSW, PhD, RSW, RMFT
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work
Department of Psychiatry (cross appointed), University of Calgary

Gina Dimitropoulos joined the Faculty of Social Work as an Assistant Professor in 2015. She has extensive clinical experience in both tertiary care and community based settings delivering family based treatments, group therapy and individual counseling for adolescents and adults with mental health issues, particularly eating disorders. Gina will advise the Foundation with respect to clinical aspects and provide access to a network of specialists in eating disorders.

Heather Heasman MSc & Certified Professional Coach

President & Founder, Heasman Group

Heather Heasman is a certified professional coach and management consultant with over 25 years of experience in the private and nonprofit sectors. She is a Past Chair of Woods Homes (one of Alberta’s largest social services agencies) and has in-depth experience with non-profits in the areas of fund development, governance, donor relations and social enterprise. Heather is also a non-profit advisor for the Columbia Basin Trust in British Columbia. Heather has held appointments at the Haskayne School of Business, The Bissett School of Business and currently designs and delivers seminars for the University of Calgary in its Project Management for Non-Profits and Emerging Leaders Certificate programmes. Heather will advise and assist the Foundation with establishing partnerships, securing funding, and managing governance and donor stewardship.

Dr. Blake Woodside, MD, FRCPC

Dr. Woodside’s specialty in psychiatry is the treatment of eating disorders in adults, and family therapy of adolescent anorexia nervosa. He is the former Medical Director Emeritus, Program for Eating Disorders at the Toronto General Hospital and Director of the Inpatient Eating Disorders Service, and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.  He has an active academic career with a long history of grant support from many agencies and private foundations.  His research activity presently focuses on novel treatments in eating disorders, including Deep Brain Stimulation, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, and Family-Based Therapy.  Dr. Woodside will advise the Foundation with respect to clinical delivery model and other clinical aspects of the Foundation’s projects.