Camilo Acero joined Ontario Genomics in 2014. In his current role, he is responsible for implementing the organization’s digital strategy and supporting all internal and external communications content and design. Since joining Ontario Genomics, Camilo has implemented the development, launch, refresh and maintenance of the organization’s website, microsites and newsletters to support program execution, and information access, education, and engagement for all stakeholders.

Camilo has a bachelor’s degree in advertising and has worked in communications and marketing for fifteen years in both the corporate and not-for-profit sectors in the US and Canada. Camilo brings his experience to Ontario Genomics to successfully implement communications strategies, marketing campaigns, branding, media planning, web maintenance, content management, social media strategies and event organization.

Sinèad Anderson joined Ontario Genomics in April 2023. In this role, she is responsible for advancing the strategic initiatives of leadership through senior level coordination, communication, and stakeholder relationship support. Operationally she oversees office and administrative coordination and is also a key facilitator of organizational governance as Secretary to the Board of Directors.

Sinèad brings extensive experience from both the public and private sectors. Previously, she served 10 years in various Ontario government and legislative roles before diving into the burgeoning cannabis industry where she supported Aurora Cannabis Inc. through recreational legalization and beyond.

Sinèad earned her Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ottawa with Double Majors in Psychology and Criminology and also holds a Certificate of Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences I from the University of Toronto.

Maggie Blood joined the team in 2023 to help spread the word about all the fascinating projects Ontario Genomics has, is and will be working on, including the BioCreate Program.

After spending over a decade in radio news broadcasting in eastern Ontario and Toronto, Maggie applied those writing, research, relationship building and communications skills during a brief stint working behind the scenes in municipal politics before running the media relations operations at the Ontario Dental Association for nearly seven years.

Maggie earned her radio broadcast diploma from Humber College and has been taking Indigenous studies courses at the University of Alberta and University of Toronto in her spare time.

Dr. Elizabeth Gray joined Ontario Genomics in 2023. In her current role, she provides leadership to a funding initiative aimed at supporting SMEs in health, cleantech and agri-food sectors seeking to commercialize genomics and engineering biology research and technologies, ultimately bringing innovative solutions to the Canadian and International markets.

Elizabeth brings 10 years of progressive leadership experience to this role, having worked in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining Ontario Genomics, Elizabeth was a VP at a healthcare investment firm, DRI Capital. She also held progressive positions at Eli Lilly Canada, working in both the commercial and medical divisions. Notably, Elizabeth was the Medical Director, Neuroscience, where she built the medical team and launched products in the neuroscience portfolio, from regulatory submissions, to launch readiness and post launch activities. Elizabeth also worked at CCRM (Center for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine) and CAMH (Center for Addiction and Mental Health), where she evaluated early-stage technologies for their commercialization potential and participated in fund raising activities.

She received her PhD from the University of Toronto, Department of Molecular Genetics and focused on neuronal cell signaling. Her MSc is from McGill University, Department of Plant Science and focused on plant- microbial signaling, whereby she discovered a novel bacteriocin.