Board of Directors & Bylaws

Brent Kitchen

Executive Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Saskatchewan Health Authority

Brent has a unique breadth of experience gained through progressively responsible leadership roles over 20 years in the former Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region. Brent served as Executive Director of Patient and Employee Safety, Director of the Quality and Strategy Business Unit for the Surgical Services, Women’s and Children’s, Ambulatory Care and Kidney Program portfolio, Director of Risk Management and Regional Manager of Respiratory Services. Brent’s certificate in Risk Management and Safety through the Canadian Health Care Association, his completion of the Saskatchewan Leadership Program, his Lean Leader certification as well as his certificate in Health Care Administration through the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Commerce are important contributors to his achievements.

Frank Suchorab

Executive Director/CEO, Oliver Lodge, Saskatoon

Frank is currently the Executive Director/CEO of Oliver Lodge in Saskatoon where he provides oversight to a 140-bed special care home, day program and 69-space low-income senior apartment. Frank brings over 33 years of Saskatchewan health care experience inclusive of frontline positions in both provincial and federal forensic health care facilities as well as progressive leadership roles in primary care, acute care and continuing care.

Frank is a dually trained psychiatric and registered nurse who holds a BSN from the University of Saskatchewan. He remains very active in his professional body. Provincially he is a College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS) Workplace Educator and Discipline Committee member. Nationally Frank represents the CRNS as a member of the Canadian Nurses Protective Society.

Frank is LEAN Leader trained and he has been a longstanding ethics committee member for both the SHA and now SHA Affiliate group.  Frank is committed to growing innovative care initiatives and healthy, respectful policy disruption in order to enhance compassionate, patient/resident centered, safe and quality health care delivery.

Heather Monaghan

Association of Personal Care Home Operators of Saskatchewan

Heather served as Director, Vice President, and Acting President of the Association of Personal Care Home Operators of Saskatchewan while sitting on its Board for over 15 years. She is a Licensed Practical Nurse and has owned and operated 4 Personal Care Homes as well as provided private Home Care services in Southern Saskatchewan.

Heather has served as a consultant for the Ministry of Health on several of their Personal Care Home projects in the areas of care staff training and policy development.

Heather holds her Bachelor of Education and is currently an adult educator at Regina Trades & Skills Centre for their Personal Support Assistant course. She has taught high school students with Prairie Valley School Division and worked as an adult educator with St. John’s Ambulance and the Canadian Mental Health Association periodically over the past 25 years.

Heather is actively involved in the fields of education and public service as they pertain to both Mental Health and Senior Care. She has provided many presentations to seniors’ groups and to community service organizations, such as the Alzheimer’s Society of Saskatchewan. Heather strives to educate others in all aspects of senior care and support, including those of safety, and she works with seniors to promote quality of life and quality of care.

Kyle Matthies

Executive Director, Organizational Development & Employee Wellness, Saskatchewan Health Authority

In his portfolio with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Kyle is the lead in organizational and leadership development, healthy workplace, return to work, accommodations, attendance management, succession planning and staff orientation. In his previous role as Vice President, People and Quality for the former Five Hills Health Region, Kyle was responsible for Human Resources, Communications, Continuous Improvement, Occupational Health, Patient and Staff Safety and Patient and Family-Centred Care. Through projects such as the design and development of the new Regional Hospital in Moose Jaw, Kyle has had the opportunity to experience the importance of building relationships and working collaboratively with patients, families, staff and physicians, in order to ensure the safe delivery of quality health care services. He graduated from the University of Winnipeg with a Bachelor of Education and is a certified and practicing Lean Leader.

Angela Muzyka

Executive Director, Quality & Safety, Saskatchewan Health Authority

Angela is the Interim Executive Director, Quality & Safety for the Saskatchewan Health Authority and is located in Swift Current. She is passionate about continuous improvement with her most recent experience as the Director, Quality & Safety Rural.

Angela has worked in healthcare for over 25 years, starting her career in therapy services. She has served as an Accreditation & Patient Safety Coordinator, Quality Improvement Specialist and Director of the Kaizen Promotion Office within the former Cypress Health Region. She is a certified Lean Leader with extensive training in Kaizen coaching and 3P. She has much experience coaching teams on quality Improvement initiatives from small local improvement projects to the design and flow for capital builds.

Angela is a committed leader with a focus on safety for all individuals.

Neil Colmin

Vice President, Service Employees' International Union (SEIU) West

Neil has been a Continuing Care Assistant (CCA) with Moose Jaw home care for 25 years. He is a passionate safety advocate who has put that energy into being a Transfer, Lifting and Repositioning (TLR) trainer for 16 years. This combination of experience has helped him correct many unsafe situations for workers and clients alike.

As the Vice-President of SEIU-West, Neil has been involved with their Worker Safety Committee, helped organize workplace Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Committees, helped in creating OH&S anti-harassment policies, and has been the representative on the SASWH Violence Steering Committee. He is dedicated to making SEIU-West members aware about their responsibilities in respect to safety regulations.

Denise Dick

First Vice-President, Saskatchewan Union of Nurses

Denise Dick, RN, is currently the First Vice-President for the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and has been an active member within her Union since the start of her career in 1982. Denise began her registered nursing career 31 years ago at the Moose Jaw Union Hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on the Pediatric Unit, followed by her experience on the Surgical Unit. For the past 17 years Denise has been making a difference in the lives of women and children on the Women’s Health Unit which consists of Labour and Delivery, Nursery, Postpartum and Women’s Surgeries.

Denise’s involvement with Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) started early in her career when she was asked to represent SUN during an OH&S Committee meeting; it was then that her passion for safety and her activism was ignited. Denise continued to represent SUN as the Co-chair of Moose Jaw Union Hospital’s Joint OH&S Committee for 10 years. Denise’s tenure as OH&S Co-chair was during a time when Health Regions were being developed and Districts were being phased out, thus there was a need to develop strong safety programs and regional safety policies. During her time as Co-chair, the OH&S Committee at Moose Jaw Union Hospital developed a number of new safety policies including ones specific to violence and harassment, as well as conducted many inspections of work sites.

Denise has completed a number of different courses regarding OH&S – both available through the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety as well as through the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) – and continued to share her passion for safety by participating on the SFL OH&S Committee and co-facilitating workshops at the SFL’s OH&S Conference held each year.

Denise is honoured to be a member of the Multi Union Advisory Committee for SASWH and has recently been elected to the SASWH Board of Directors as a Union Member at Large (March 2013).

Denise truly believes that safety is a part of everything we do; if we were to each take responsibility for what we can change, life would be so much better for everyone.

Travis Bolen

Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) Advanced Care Paramedic

Travis is an Advanced Care Paramedic in Regina and has been involved in EMS for over a decade. He sits on Executive Council with HSAS and is part of the OH&S Committee. As a part of this committee, he continues to ensure the health and safety of HSAS members through various initiatives and strives for an injury-free workplace.

Judy Henley

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Judy is a Payroll and Benefits Officer for the SHA. Currently she is the president of CUPE Saskatchewan representing over 30,000 members in the public sector.

As a CUPE member Judy has been active in the labour movement for over 30 years and has served and continues in many leadership roles within CUPE at the local, provincial and national levels.

Judy started her activism serving on her workplace Health & Safety Committee. She believed we all have a role to create a safe workplace and has been driven with the passions to advocate for all workers to have a safe working environment. Her motto is “an injury to one is an injury to all”.

Health & Safety has always been on the forefront of her messaging. Judy continues to address health and safety issues at many levels including as a labour representative on the provincial Occupational Health & Safety Council.

Genny Goodyear

Health Information Management Practitioner, Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union

Genny Goodyear is an experienced and dedicated healthcare worker who takes great pride in contributing to a safe and healthy environment for all employees and patients. Genny resides in rural Saskatchewan and works at the Saskatoon Cancer Centre. Throughout her 36 years with the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Genny has worked various positions including: office clerk, porter, and her current position, Health Information Management Practitioner.

 In addition to her vast experience as a dedicated healthcare professional, Genny is a proud and active member of SGEU on both the local and provincial levels. Genny has held numerous elected positions with SGEU including, current co-chair of Saskatoon, Member of Provincial Grievance Committee, Member of Joint Job Evaluation Committee, Member of Provincial Council, and Vice Chair of the Health Sector.

Genny is passionate in her belief that a safe and respectful work environment is a crucial element to providing exceptional health care. In April of 2023, Genny will bring this passion to her role as the new Vice President of the Health Sector.

Coral Ennis

Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) - Pharmacist

Coral is the Clinical Coordinator for Cardiology and Critical Care pharmacy practice in Saskatoon for the Saskatchewan Health Authority. She sits on HSAS Executive Council and the HSAS Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Coral advocates for safe, accurate and timely delivery of health care services by ensuring frontline health care providers have access to the necessary education and resources to care for their patients.

Coral has a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (University of Saskatchewan 2017) and has completed an Accredited Canadian Pharmacy Residency                                                                         (Saskatchewan Health Authority 2018).