Grand River Hospital’s senior leadership team

Grand River Hospital has a senior leadership team focused on carrying out our mission of advancing exceptional care. Each member of the senior leadership team is responsible for a variety of corporate services or supervising activities within the hospital’s 14 clinical programs and services.

View the GRH's leadership organizational chart here.

  • Ron Gagnon, President & CEO, GRH
  • Ashley Howat, Interim President & CEO, GRH Foundation
  • Brandon Douglas, Vice President, Patient Care, SMGH Lead & Interim Chief Nursing Executive
  • Cliff Harvey, Vice President, Redevelopment
  • Danina Kapetanovic, Vice President, Innovation & Chief Health Innovation Officer
  • Demetrios Kalantzis, Vice President, People(s), Culture & Experience
  • Doug Murray, Executive Vice President, Enabling Services
  • Elizabeth Ferguson, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
  • Gary Higgs, Vice President, Digital & Chief Information Officer
  • Dr. Heather Warren, Vice President Medical Affairs
  • Jane Martin, Vice President, Patient Care, GRRCC Regional Cancer Program & FP Lead
  • Kate Robertson-Cain, Vice President, Patient Care, KW Lead & Chief Nursing Executive
  • Mike Gourlay, Vice President, Finance & Support Services, & Chief Financial Officer
  • Nicole Thomson, Vice President, Quality, Research & Patient Experience
  • Dr. Peter Potts, Integrated Chief of Staff
  • Sarah Farwell, Vice President, Strategy, Communications & Government Relations