“Protecting the future instead of protecting the past.”
Silobuster. Shift Disturber. Serendipiter.
Board Chair
Leading governance and strategic direction for a local queer-positive dance collective, supporting artistic vision, community engagement, and organizational sustainability
cREATING the fUTURE of hEALTH
Ready to dive into the future of health and care? Let's paint a picture of what's to come and jointly explore how you shape or even accelerate the future state you and your organization desire for your stakeholders and health mission.
Link to Zayna’s bio and headshot
CURRENT GIGS
Health Futurist in Residence
Helping clients and teams anchor their thinking, plans, strategies and operations to where healthcare is going, instead of where it has been.
Growth Advisor
Shaping the organization’s strategic direction in virtual care by identifying future-focused opportunities for expansion and innovation.
COMMUNITY
Board Member and Chair, Property Committee
Providing strategic oversight for a multi-service organization, while leading property planning and development to support evolving community needs
Food & Medicine Board Chair
Guiding strategy, governance, and partnerships to advance food systems innovation and build a more resilient, equitable future in nutrition.
Keynote Speaker
Providing powerful and engaging keynotes across Canada
and internationally on a variety of topics about the Future of Health. More HERE
PREVIOUS GIGS
Adjunct Professor
Instructing in health innovation, and partnerships within the MBA program, global executive MBA in health and life sciences, and in executive programs with health sector leaders.
Future Strategist
Lead the Futures team to create the future of aging and care at home for Canadians
B.Sc (Hons) in biochemistry [1996]. President's Medalist for top overall graduate; Board of Governor's Medal for top graduate in biochemistry.
Exponential Medicine Faculty
Educating and inspired healthcare professionals, innovators, and policymakers to embrace exponential thinking and drive change in the health sector.
Innovation Sherpa in Chief
Worked on various initiatives to strengthen the Dutch health innovation ecosystem.
EDUCATION
Health System Innovation
Worked with many ecosystem partners to help smooth and accelerate the path to adoption of innovation by health and care systems.
Principal
Helped major organizations navigate strategic issues in healthcare innovation.
Ph.D. in biochemistry & cell biology [2001]. President of Biochemistry Graduate Students Union.
More About Zayna…
Zayna is of Lebanese-Armenian descent. She grew up in Windsor, Canada and moved to Toronto in 1996. She has lived in Australia and the Netherlands, and has worked in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Atlanta extensively. Zayna speaks fluently in French and Arabic, and a little bit of Dutch. She is obsessed with the Toronto Raptors NBA team #WeTheNorth. And she has a side hustle as a DJ -Z$.
Zayna currently resides in Toronto, Canada with her husband, 3 teenagers and their puppy, Gizmo the Lhasa-Poodle.
