Livia Martin
An accomplished former corporate health care executive, Livia Martin has extensive experience in strategic planning and operations across all health care service delivery settings. With expertise in health program and system integration at provincial, regional, and local levels, Livia has played a pivotal role in transforming organizations from hierarchical structures to laterally integrated systems, fostering partnerships that align health care services with community resources.
As an expert resource to a Health Minister, Livia strategically re-directed and integrated provincial health programs and services. Her leadership helped develop and align provincial strategic planning and budgeting processes with regional health authorities, assess regional health strategies, administer consolidated provincial and facility-based programs, and establish a government governance model that improved health care oversight and delivery.
A leader in health care innovation, Livia delineated the first research-based model for an integrated health system and reconfigured a major acute health care organization into a laterally integrated entity, recognized as the most progressive health system in the province. They were the first recipient of the government’s highest Provincial Quality Award. As the founder of Health Links, a telephone-based health information and systems integration model, Livia helped implement a framework adopted nationally and internationally. Her pioneering work also includes implementing Canada’s first matrix management structure in a major tertiary health care complex and establishing a Case Management Institute at a university.
Recognized for academic and professional excellence, Livia holds an ‘Alpha Chi’ designation from The National College Honor Society. She has served as a peer reviewer for research journals, a Certified Health Executive and Life Member of the Canadian College of Health Leaders, and a non-practicing member of the College of Nurses of Ontario. Additionally, Livia has been a senior consultant for a Toronto-based firm, an organizational effectiveness advisor for multi-unit health systems and community services, and a university guest lecturer on leadership, with an invitation to serve as an adjunct professor.
Livia holds a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis on Organizational Development, a Master of Health Science in Health Administration, and a Baccalaureate in Business Administration. Her commitment to service extends to leadership roles on numerous non-profit boards and granting foundations, contributing to the advancement of health care and community initiatives.
