Daniel Muzyka is a board member for CMHF and an acclaimed leader in business, public policy and academic governance. Dr. Muzyka’s distinguished career includes serving as Professor and Dean at the UBC Sauder School of Business, the President and CEO of The Conference Board of Canada and Chair of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 

Drawn to CMHF by his long standing commitment to strategic leadership and community well-being, he brings world-class expertise in institutional oversight and governance to the board. He continues to champion sustainable economic impact and evidence-based strategies that improve the lives of Canadians.

Irfan Shariff is Chief Operating Officer at Hungerford Properties, a Vancouver – based private equity real estate firm.  Irfan is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) in Canada and prior to joining Hungerford Properties, served as a Chief Financial Officer and Investment Banker. Irfan has built a stellar reputation for driving operational excellence, executing complex corporate investment transactions and fostering sustainable growth.

His interest in CMHF is rooted in a desire to utilize his strategic planning and commercial leadership to advance community wellness and scale the foundation’s national outreach. Today he provides vital governance and financial oversight to help ensure CMHF’s sustainable expansion and long-term societal impact.

Wayne Hartrick has an extensive background in private-sector communications, marketing, and corporate strategy. In 2010, he worked with Dr. Larry Goldenberg to bring his vision of a national men’s health movement to life, helping build the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation from the ground up.

Wayne served as President of CMHF for 10 years, leading the development of national initiatives, including the Don’t Change Much campaign.

Wayne’s commitment to the foundation is driven by his belief that meaningful improvements in men’s health begin with small, achievable lifestyle changes. As a board member, he continues to draw on his communications expertise, marketing experience, and deep knowledge of the organization to help advance CMHF’s mission and expand its impact across Canada.

Chris Engst serves as a Director on the Board of the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation and is Vice President of Consumer Health at TELUS Health. With over 15 years of experience transforming digital health delivery across Canada, he has developed deep expertise in virtual care, home health monitoring, and aging-in-place solutions. His work addresses critical healthcare gaps: over 5 million Canadians lack access to a family physician, millions cannot access care during evenings and weekends, and many lack adequate homecare support and chronic disease management care.

Chris is responsible for several national digital health programs, including virtual care, personal medical alert devices, and remote patient monitoring. He brings expertise in digital health, digital technologies, consumer engagement, and operational innovation. Chris’s passion for social purpose and leveraging technology to improve access to care naturally drew him to CMHF’s mission. Chris holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a degree in Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University.

Kantaro Goto joins as a member of the Board of Directors for CMHF as a highly strategic real estate executive and advisor based in Vancouver. He has built a robust reputation, bringing a practical, commercially minded approach to long-term value creation, capital strategy, and risk management  expertise to prominent firms.

Kantaro was drawn to CMHF by his own personal health journey, along with a strong desire to channel his commercial acumen, professional network and passion for community wellness toward transforming health outcomes for Canadian men. He provides vital commercial guidance and strategic governance to help ensure the sustainable expansion of the foundation.

Former Canadian Health Minister Mark Holland joins the CMHF board as an accomplished leader in public health promotion and executive administration. His background also includes impactful non-profit leadership as the Executive Director of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada’s Ontario Mission, where he championed lifestyle-driven disease prevention.

Shaped by his own lived experience with mental health challenges, Mark joined CMHF out of a deep passion for breaking down stigma, promoting proactive wellness and advocating for systemic shifts in men’s health.