Board of Directors

Sian Crothers, Director of Sponsor and Volunteer Engagement (returning)

Sian Crothers is a versatile healthcare professional with a curiosity for complex challenges and innovative solutions. As a Senior Business Architect with PHSA Enterprise Architecture, the Business Architecture team supports strategic digital initiatives across the province. More recently this included a focused effort on COVID 19 response, primarily supporting the provincial vaccination program (getvaccinated.org & Imms BC). Sian has a wide ranging experience across many healthcare sectors and roles, including project management, technical and business analysis, business architecture, change management, and leading initiatives across diverse teams in challenging situations. Past experiences include PACS implementations, community health and interoperability initiatives, and work with private practice physicians in the EMR space. Sian has a BA in Anthropology from UBC, PROSCI Change Management training, with additional coursework in Project Management and Business Analysis. She is also a long time volunteer with the Canadian West Coast Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). Sian is passionate about BC Healthcare and always looking for opportunities to improve patient experiences in BC.

Danea Avey, Director of Mentorship (new)

Danea was born and raised in Northern BC, and subsequently moved to the Island to graduate and attended Malaspina College and SFU. She has 27 years experience in Project Management of which 16 years have been in Health Care. She has varied artistic hobbies and interests and nothing makes her happier than to grab my camera and go for a drive (even with crazy gas prices). At this stage of her career, it is very important to her to be able to give back to her community and has a keen interest in helping younger people develop their skills and accomplish their goals. Danea volunteered with the BCHIMSS mentorship committee in the 21/22 board year, and is excited for the opportunity as a BCHIMSS board candidate to put her skills to work and add value across a broader set of board activities.

Jordan Lister, Director of Member Relations (new)

Jordan Lister has been an active leader within the Health IT space for over 20 years. Jordan is the Executive Director of Caresyntax, where he is leading consulting and the growth of its vendor-neutral enterprise-grade digital surgery platform in the US market. Previously, in his roles as Executive Director of Medical Imaging Consulting at Change Healthcare and Director of Global Business Development at McKesson, Jordan led the development and implementation of a large multi-national diagnostic imaging consulting business line. Throughout its execution, he ran multiple business process re-engineering programs for primary large IDN’s in the US, the HSE in Ireland, and the NHS in the UK.

As an active Business Mentor with the Canadian College of Health Leaders, Jordan provides regular guidance to upcoming Emerging Health Leaders and contributes to the transfer of knowledge among industry experts. Jordan has always valued the HIMSS community and the opportunity that it provides to engage with like-minded professionals and to give back to the next generation of health leaders.

Mauree Matsusaka, Program Director (new)

As a strategic project and digital health leader, Mauree has built her career around helping organizations navigate complexity and adapt to new technology, policy and process change. She currently works as a Project Manager with PHSA IMITS, Provincial eHealth Projects, leading clinical engagement and facilitating live-use BETA pilot recruitment and implementation planning for the EMR-to-EMR Interoperability Project. She is a solutions-oriented project lead, a seasoned Change Management Specialist and Certified Agile Scrummaster (CSM®) who is passionate about helping healthcare practitioners and organizations embrace innovation and increase capacity in the areas of interoperability, workflow optimization, privacy & security best practices and virtual care. Mauree is passionate about engaging stakeholders early and often throughout the design and implementation process of all her projects, ensuring that the user experience is centered in how we leverage technology solutions to streamline clinical workflows; tackle ‘wicked’ and complex problems in the healthcare space; break down institutionalized silos; and support improved team-based care collaboration across organizations and practitioner groups.

Outside of the healthcare sector, she has been involved in implementing major ERP & integration projects at the City of Vancouver; fostering innovation in the Forestry industry; designing and evaluating programs for the BC Provincial Government; and managing a portfolio of sustainability and technology projects through her consulting work. When she’s not with her project teams, you’ll find her hiking in the mountains with her dog; going on long-range bikepacking tours; mentoring and empowering youth; testing out new recipes; and checking places off her travel bucket list.

Naima Salemohamed, Director of Marketing and Communications (new)

Naima Salemohamed is a management consultant and a social media ninja. She is passionate about stakeholder engagement and the patient journey navigating our healthcare system. She is an advocate for bringing change management into her work and is curious about how social media plays a role in the Health IT space. She can be found online having conversations about healthcare and sharing relevant content to spark constructive discussions. In her role in Accenture, her latest work includes managing major releases for the Supply Management Stream for the vaccine rollout in British Columbia and liaising with a variety of health authority stakeholders.

Naima has worked in the health informatics industry for over 8 years and her experience includes working at TELUS Health for 3 years delivering Home Health Monitoring solutions for COVID and Chronic Disease patients across Canada. In addition to Telus, her private sector experience also includes working with a program to optimize EMRs for primary care: an EMR for BC Corrections and the Health Information Access Layer Project in Ontario. She is a graduate of the UVIC Health Information Science Program. After her undergraduate degree, she also completed an MSc in Health Services Research specializing in Health Informatics at the University of Toronto.

Naima is an experienced volunteer and networker within the Digital Health Canada community. Naima has sat on variety of conference planning committees; mentored students interested in pursuing Health Informatics and has taught undergraduate health informatics courses. Outside of the Digital Health community, she currently sits on the BC Women’s Hospital Foundation Glow Gala Committee. In December 2021, she was awarded the Digital Health Canada Emerging Leader Award.