Our Team

Maria Empringham​

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Tian Sun-Sycz

DIRECTOR of
PROGRAMS & sERVICES

Debbie Martins

dIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Megan Garnica

Programs Manager

Gillian Shane

CLINICAL MANAGER

Jessica Parrington

Clinical Manager

Mandy Emmerson

Operations assistant manager

Lainy Gilbert

CLINICAL resource
nurse

Susan Flemming

CLINICAL RESOURCE
NURSE

Meghan MacMillan

Music Therapist

Sylwia George

bereavement Coordinator

Heather MacCuaig

social worker

Christina Kropf

Education Coordinator

Gord Alton

SPIRITUAL CARE PROVIDER

Daina Colbourne

SPIRITUAL CARE PROVIDER

Margaret Hull

SPIRITUAL CARE PROVIDER

Becky Jones

spiritual care provider

Marty dever

Communications & Marketing Coordinator

Mary Craigie

Human resources coordinator

Gord Jackson

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Katie Pearson

Advancement COORDINATOR

Sarah Ainsworth​

FUND DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATOR

Melissa Parsons

FINANCE COORDINATOR

Jackie Young

Health & Safety lead
Lisaard & Innisfree Hospice is Waterloo Region’s first and largest hospice residence, providing exceptional palliative care in a home-like setting for individuals living with - and dying from - a terminal illness
Supported by Ontario Health atHome

Registered Charity #87274 9536 RR0001
Innisfree House
Reception: 519.208.5055
Fax: 519.208.5455
2375 Homer Watson Blvd
Kitchener N2P 0E9
Lisaard House
Reception: 519.650.1121
Fax: 519.650.8058
990 Speedsville Rd
Cambridge N3H 4R6
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