Tanya Elliott

Chief, Health

Tanya Elliott is currently Chief, Health with the Canadian Red Cross. Since joining the organization more than 25 years ago, Tanya has held various leadership roles including Director of Communications and Vice President for Ontario. 

Most recently, Tanya’s efforts have been focused on creating the space and opportunity for innovation and collective impact approaches in community health through collaboration with partners in academia, community, and health and social sectors. Tanya also led the organization’s response to COVID-19 in Ontario, which included the management of safe isolation sites, support to infection prevention and control and resident care in long-term care homes, and support to the province’s vaccination strategy. She is committed to the development of programming that builds capacity within equity-deserving communities and is passionate about strengthening the community sector and its role in the future of health care.  

Tanya currently serves as Board Chair for the Ontario Community Support Association and is a member of the inaugural cohort of the National Health Fellows program of the Health Leadership Academy, a partnership between the DeGroote School of Business and the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Tanya resides in Milton, Ontario with her husband, son, and two very energetic dogs.