Connie Clerici

Connie is a life long-learner. She has attended many business programs at Ivey, Rotman, Schulich and McMaster. She also frequently participates in self-awareness programs that enhance her capacity to lead a learning organization.

Connie attends courses and programs every year as she views learning as a privilege and an obligation of accountable leaders.

She has over 40 years of experience in the health care field with 30 years in homecare – currently she is specializing in executive leadership, governance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate administration. She has a vision of the benefits of a multidisciplinary focus for care, a cost per case focus, quality, and innovation.

Connie Clerici actively influences change and seeks system innovations, while making a concerted effort to build and support a high quality, publicly funded healthcare system that is sustainable for Canadians. She values the opportunity to work with individuals who are self-aware while performing with integrity, honesty and ethically on a consistent basis. Connie actively participates on a number of boards, committees, and advisory councils. She shares her time volunteering with numerous charities, continuing her work representing the interests of those who are vulnerable members of our society.

Connie regularly participates in values-based training programs. Connie currently sits as a board member or advisor at both the Ivey Business School and Western’s Entrepreneurship Advisory board and executive team for the Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship. Connie spends a significant amount of time mentoring the next generation of health leaders and entrepreneurs. She is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow University of Toronto Institute Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Connie is also a Special Advisor to the Dean at IHPME. She was the Vice-Chair for Health Quality Ontario and currently sits on the Ontario Health Clinical Council.

Connie was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws in 2022 from Western University, Ivey Business School.

Connie’s contributions to health care, entrepreneurship and the business community have been acknowledged through numerous awards, including the Mississauga Board of Trade Business Award of Excellence, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, RBC Excellence in Entrepreneurship, the ICCO Business Excellence award, the Federated Press Women Leader of the Year Award and her induction into the Hall of Fame of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100. She was also profiled in “Extraordinary Lives: Inspiring Women of Peel,” published by the Canadian Federation of University Women.

Connie is passionate about helping people increase their enjoyment of life. She celebrates the opportunities that she and her staff at Closing the Gap Healthcare are privileged to have to make positive contributions to the lives of so many Canadians.

Connie is an active philanthropist across numerous sectors.