Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Will, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Born and educated in Saskatchewan, Andrew Will has dedicated his career to providing executive leadership that builds strong organizational culture focused on supporting individuals and teams to achieve their best for the people we serve.
Andrew has served in executive leadership positions for health regions in both Saskatchewan and Alberta, including Chief Executive Officer of four health regions, and as a member of Alberta Health Services executive team in the positions of Executive Vice President of Clinical Support Services, and Executive Vice President and Executive Lead, Transition as well as serving as the Chief Executive Officer of 3sHealth.
From December 2021 to October 2022, Andrew served as Interim CEO for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, and before that as the SHA’s Vice President, Information, Infrastructure and Support. He was formally appointed as CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Authority on October 20, 2022.
Governance and Policy
Lori Frank - Executive Director, Governance and Policy
Lori Frank comes to her role from her position as Director of Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Administration in the former Saskatoon Health Region where she was responsible for Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Administration and Policy, Internal Audit, Data Sharing Agreements and Contract Management, Privacy and Access, and Emergency Preparedness Planning.
Lori has served in many administrative and leadership roles throughout her 40 year career with the former Saskatoon Health Region, with positions in medical affairs, communications, quality, safety, client concern management, infection prevention and control, clinical engineering and accreditation.
She holds a Diploma in Health Care Administration from the College of Commerce, University of Saskatchewan and Risk Management certification from the University of Toronto.
Strategy and Innovation
Michelle Schmalenberg - Executive Director, Strategy & Innovation
Michelle Schmalenberg is the Executive Director of Transformation and Innovation and joins the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) from the Ministry of Health. For the past ten years she has held several progressively responsible roles including, Communication Consultant, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister, Assistant Director Kaizen Promotion Office, Director Health Information and Privacy and Director Health Policy and Innovation. For the past 10 months, she has played a key role in leading the health system amalgamation as a Project Manager with the Transition Team.
Michelle is a certified Lean Leader and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Regina. Her role leading health policy, coupled with her time on the Transition Team, has afforded her a system level perspective of the issues and challenges facing the health system as well as a strong understanding of the context in which successful transformational change must occur.
As part of the SHA’s leadership team, Michelle brings a collaborative leadership style, a strategic focus and an ability to see the big picture. Through collaboration and engagement, Michelle and her team will work cross functionally as strategic integrators to provide leadership and support on a number of transformational initiatives across many portfolios. Michelle is committed to playing her part in achieving a high performing health system for the benefit of the patients and families we collectively serve.