“Protecting the future instead of protecting the past.”
Silobuster. Shift Disturber. Serendipiter.
Board Chair
Providing 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
Chief Program Officer; Managing Director
for the History & Future of Healthcare
Oversee two current flagship programs our Foundation funds and activates: 1. AI & Compassion in Healthcare; and 2. History of Healthcare. Supporting health professionals, emerging leaders, scholars, critical thought leadership and other convenings to ensure our work to create the future of healthcare is grounded in an understanding of its history.
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; Chair of Property Committee
Providing strategic oversight for a multi-service organization, while leading property planning and development to support evolving community needs
Board Chair [food + medicine]
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 Faculty; Executive in Residence
Instructing in health innovation, system innovation, strategy and partnerships within the MBA program, global executive MBA in health and life sciences, and in executive programs with the next generation of 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 & inspired health professionals, innovators, policymakers to embrace exponential thinking & drive change in the health sector.
Co-Founder
National school to build capacity for health innovation across the Netherlands
Innovation Sherpa in Chief
Worked on various initiatives to strengthen the Dutch health innovation ecosystem.
EDUCATION
Health System Innovation
Worked with ecosystem partners to help smooth & accelerate the path to adoption of innovation by health & 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 DJ -Z$.
Zayna currently resides in Toronto, Canada with her husband, 3 teenagers and their puppy, Gizmo the Lhasa-Poodle.
