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January, 2010
The firm is pleased to officially welcome two talented Associates – Ms. Jane Whynot and Ms. Kimberly Hodgson – to the consultant team.
Jane Whynot
Ms. Whynot has worked with The Alder Group as a subcontractor on several past assignments, most recently as part of the research team that carried out a series of environmental scans for the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer on policies and legislations relating to cancer prevention. A research and evaluation professional with a background that spans almost a decade in both the public and private sectors. Jane excels at carrying out a range of research and evaluation methodologies, particularly in the forum of sociological issues. She holds Bachelors Degrees in Sociology and Psychology as well a graduate diploma in Public Administration; she is currently a candidate in the Masters of Assessment and Evaluation program at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Kimberly Hodgson
Ms. Hodgson has been part of The Alder Group's research team for a couple of years nowand brings extensive experience in training and facilitation in the areas of strategic planning, program planning and evaluation. Throughout her career, she has consistently applied highly developed analytical skills to the designated activity. She is able to identify issues, extract data and convert that data into usable information for other resources. Ms. Hodgson’s strength is her analytic ability in identifying complex subject matter, enabling individuals to easily comprehend difficult issues.
She has 20 years of experience in the public and community health sectors, and most recently served as a Senior Consultant with the Planning, Integration and Community Engagement team at the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network. She also brings many years of experience as public health planner with two regional health departments, and was a consultant with the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse’s Prevent Stroke program. Having worked in the areas of community development and mobilization, program planning and evaluation, as well as strategy and policy development at the regional and provincial level, she has a solid understanding of the complex interplay of how social economic determinants of health and individual health behaviours are shaped and influences by public policy and local community decision-making. Ms. Hodgson received her undergraduate degree in Health Studies from the University of Waterloo (1986) and a Master of Health Science degree in Community Health, from the University of Toronto in 1988.
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