Larissa Smit, Mba Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

• Led a team of clinical and non-clinical staff in providing support to a network of six Ontario community hospital partners in order to build capacity closer to home, reduce variation across organizations and improve.
• Developed and delivered a roadmap and budget for 2020-2021 strategic priorities, including scoping best practice guidelines, outcome measures, education offerings and all-partner forums.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Advised and briefed the Premier and Chief of Staff on all health-related matters; ensured government priorities and commitments were acted upon and steered through the Cabinet approval process.
• Worked directly with the Minister of Health and senior staff on all policy decisions and strategies, including the transformational health legislation that established Ontario Health and Ontario Health Teams..
• Vetted policies and managed the approval process for all health initiatives announced in the 2018 Fall Economic Statement and 2019 Ontario Budget.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Established strategic and collaborative partnerships with think thanks and academic research branches to strengthen OREA’s policy development, increase its profile and establish the association as a thought leader.
• Directly advised the CEO, Board and leadership on strategic policy positions for the association and developed extensively researched policy submissions for government that promoted OREA’s priorities.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Developed and executed comprehensive province-wide consultation plans from concept to completion for all new company policies; ensured that a balanced stakeholder approach was achieved throughout the process.
• Managed accountability relationship with the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services by providing timely and appropriate weekly briefings in advance of, or in response to, political issues, media attention and.
• Developed media messaging, talking points, crisis communications and internal communications in response to provincial media attention.
• Presented over 20 educational seminars and modules to stakeholder groups, including real estate agents and elected officials, to increase awareness of the company’s products and services.

Toronto, ON

• Managed and advised the Ontario PC Leader on policy portfolios including health care, transit and education.
• Researched, analyzed and developed political policies from the grassroots to the final platform commitments.
• Worked with senior executives and stakeholder organizations in both the public and private sector to discuss and negotiate complex policy decisions and trade-offs to effectively represent senior leadership.
• Produced daily policy briefing materials for the Ontario PC Leader, senior directors and elected officials.
• Wrote and assisted in drafting communications materials – speeches, news releases and policy backgrounders – designed to increase positive media coverage and voter engagement.

Executive Mba

Honours Ba, Political Science (Public Administration)

Activities and Societies: Appointed as the undergraduate representative on the Department of Political Science Faculty Recruitment.

Political Science, Public Administration

Overseas Studies Program