Our Senior Leadership
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Lauren Ettin
Chief Executive Officer
Donna Johnston
Medical Director
Shannon Caskey
Chief Development Officer & Director of Communications
Victoria Hagens
Director, Strategy, Programs and Partnerships
Ian Kennedy
Director of Finance & Administration
Denise Mills
POGO Provincial Clinical Lead, Pediatric Oncology Nursing
Our Board of Directors
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James Scongack
Chair
Charmaine van Schaik
Vice-Chair
Pearl Schusheim
Treasurer & Secretary
Vicky Breakey
Member
Pam Damoff
Member
Joan Green
Member
Sumit Gupta
Member
Michelle Johnston
Member
Jennifer La Rosa
Member
Jennifer Lomax
Member
Cindy Milne-Wren
Member
Colleen Russell-Rawlins
Member
Ewurabena Simpson
Member
Teri Stewart
Member
Philippe Tardif
Member
Laura Wheaton
Member
Jim Whitlock
Member
Alexandra Zorzi
Member
Ms. Joan Green
President
Joan M. Green and Associates/Lough Barnes Consulting Group (LBCG)
Dr. Sumit Gupta
Staff Oncologist, Division of Hematology/Oncology
The Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Ewurabena Simpson
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
CHEO
Ms. Michelle Johnston
President
Society of United Professionals
Ms. Jennifer La Rosa
Senior Clinical Manager, Blood and Marrow Transplant/Cellular Therapy Program
The Hospital for Sick Children
Ms. Jennifer Lomax
Founder and Principal Consultant
Lomax & Co.
Ms. Cindy Milne-Wren
Social Worker, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Vicky Breakey
Division Head, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre
Ms. Teri Stewart
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Oncology
CHEO
Dr. Jim Whitlock
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
The Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Laura Wheaton
Head, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics
Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston General Hospital Site
Dr. Alexandra Zorzi
Division Head, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
Our Story
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Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) works to ensure that everyone affected by childhood cancer has access to the best care and support. We partner to achieve an excellent childhood cancer care system for children, youth, survivors, and their families and healthcare teams, in Ontario and beyond. POGO champions childhood cancer care, and as the collective voice of this community, is the official advisor to Ontario’s Ministry of Health on children’s cancer control and treatment. POGO is a non-profit organization with charitable status, here for kids with cancer, for now, for life.
In 1983, a group of passionate and visionary pediatric oncologists founded POGO and today, our trusted programs and services have been adopted or modelled nationally and internationally across various areas of care.
POGO provides leadership and support for regular, province-wide consultations, resulting in long-range system plans that have helped shape and coordinate childhood cancer care in Ontario, including the current Childhood Cancer Care Plan.
POGO receives core funding from the Ministry of Health, and an engaged and supportive donor base provides additional funding for POGO research, financial assistance for families and The POGO School and Work Transitions Program for survivors.
2026
A Year of Impact
Read how POGO and partners are driving meaningful progress across the province.
YOU can be a champion for kids with cancer!
With your help, we will ensure that kids and youth with cancer, their families and survivors of childhood cancer have equitable access to the best care for the best possible outcomes.
