Staff
Executive Director
CHERIE PAYNE (she/her)
Cherie Payne is a seasoned organisational leader with experience in governance, operations, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement. Her career has focused on helping health, education, and public interest organisations operate with excellence and effect policy change.
In a past life, she served as a staffer to a federal health minister and as an elected Vancouver School Trustee. A graduate of McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School, Cherie is passionate about helping organisations deliver strong programs, tell their stories well, and serve the public good.
Lead Organizer
AUDREY GUAY (she/her)
Audrey Guay has been an organizer with the BC Health Coalition since 2020, a moment when the COVID-19 pandemic reminded many that we cannot take for granted the life-saving power of a quality public health care system. She is convinced that organized civil society is the only thing capable of buffering the crises of today and tomorrow. Her role has focused on building relational power with the diverse organizations that have committed to defending and improving public health care through the coalition.
She has an undergraduate degree from Queen's University in Health Studies and a Masters of Urban Studies from Simon Fraser University. She has been trained and mentored into the broad-based organizing tradition of the Industrial Areas Foundation and has a decade of practice building power with organizations across differences. She's grateful to live with her partner and two children on the unceded and occupied Coast Salish territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations.