CHILD-BRIGHT is pleased to welcome Tom Philpott MBA, MHA, CHE to the network as our new Director of Operations!
As Director of Operations, Tom oversees all management, business, and administrative processes and procedures for CHILD-BRIGHT activities, including for the five network programs. He contributes to program development and guides performance monitoring and reporting of all network activities while ensuring the timely and high-quality delivery of all CHILD-BRIGHT goals and administrative milestones.
Tom has over 25 years of health research and innovation experience spanning the public and private sectors, including health care delivery, academic research, and health tech R&D. He was awarded a B.A. from McGill University in Political Science and History, an MBA from Ivey Business School (Western University), and a Master of Health Administration from the Telfer School of Management (University of Ottawa).
Tom is no stranger to the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), whose Research Institute houses CHILD-BRIGHT’s head office. He began his health care career at the MUHC in 2005, eventually becoming executive director of Community for Excellence in Health Governance, based at the MUHC, which had an international impact on the quality of care in large health systems and long-term care facilities. Tom also served as executive director for Kids Brain Health Network, hosted at the University of British Columbia, a national ecosystem of centres of excellence addressing neurodevelopmental disorders. Immediately prior to CHILD-BRIGHT, Tom was working as COO for Circle Innovation, a Simon Fraser University-affiliated non-profit assisting health tech entrepreneurs develop innovative products for the marketplace using a unique co-creation model.
Other career highlights include contributing to the launch of the international branch of the McGill University Health Centre, leading strategic priority implementation and change management at a large health authority undergoing a merger in Nova Scotia, and helping plan a new research centre for Providence Health Care in British Columbia. In his personal time, Tom volunteers in admissions for McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine, is kept busy as an active dad with his family, and regularly practices meditation.
Welcome, Tom!
CHILD-BRIGHT wishes to thank former Director of Operations Lorraine Reynolds, who brought her wealth of administration experience to CHILD-BRIGHT in 2019 and quickly proved to be a dedicated, astute, and skillful Director. She steered the network through the COVID-19 pandemic and oversaw the organization of the network’s first ever hybrid conference in 2023.
We are also grateful for the tireless efforts of our interim Directors of Operations, Christine Marcotte and Pierre Zwiegers, which proved crucial to navigating the transition.