Dr. Louise Walker – Chairperson

• Co-Director of the Ottawa Sport Medicine Centre
• Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine
• Program Coordinator Sport Medicine Fellowship at University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine
• Graduated Doctor of Medicine from the University of Toronto, 1977 (outstanding female medical graduate for the year)
• Inducted into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and Nepean Sports Wall of Fame 2008
• Former team physician of the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team
• Practicing sport medicine since 1981
• Canadian high jump champion in 1973
• Participated in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics
• Silver medallist at the 1974 Commonwealth Games
• Member (and past president) of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine
• Former board member of the Sport Medicine Council of Canada

Paul Melia

• President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary-Treasurer of the CCES
• Leads the management of CCES’ operations, including the administration of Canada’s Doping Control Program and working with governments and sport organizations to build a national ethics strategy for amateur sport
• President and Chairman, True Sport Foundation
• Past President, Association of National Anti-Doping Organizations (ANADO)
• Former CCES Director of Education and Communications, Chief Operations Officer
• Former Regional Vice-President of In-Touch Survey Systems Inc.
• Graduate of the University of Ottawa with a Masters degree in Health Administration
• Former Chief of the Tobacco Programs Unit at Health Canada, responsible for the direction and management of the Department’s tobacco use reduction strategies
• Extensive knowledge and expertise in the development and implementation of public awareness, education and social change campaigns for a variety of health and social issues