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Cara-Lee has been an active member of IPAC Canada and an Executive Member of our local chapter, IPAC-SWO, since 2013.
She has served on the IPAC-SWO Chapter Executive in a variety of roles including, Knowledge Transfer, Webmaster, Non-acute Care Representative, President-Elect and most recently, President.
Cara-Lee began her career in the public health sector in 2007. Cara-Lee was employed as a Public Health Nurse from 2007 to 2022 at Southwestern Public Health (formerly Oxford County Public Health), primarily in the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Program. In June 2022, Cara-Lee moved to Public Health Ontario, where she was employed as a contract consultant in the Immunization and Vaccine Preventable Disease Program.
Cara-Lee returned to Southwestern Public Health in January 2024 to work in the Infectious Disease Program.

Shelby Ludington is a Queen’s University School of Kinesiology and Health Studies alumna working as an Infection Control Professional at Woodstock Hospital. With experience in Community Health Program Planning and Evaluation, Emergency Preparedness and Adult Education, Shelby also brings her Graphic Design and Social Media Management expertise to IPAC SWO. Since joining IPAC SWO in 2018 she has been an active member – attending local events, presenting a poster at National Conference in Quebec City in 2019 and is a member of the Education committee . Shelby has been an active member of the IPAC SWO executive in her role as Knowledge Transfer/Social Media Coordinator and is looking forward to taking on the challenge of President Elect for IPAC-SWO.

Kitty began her career as a Public Health Inspector in 2003 and has worked on the Infectious Disease Team since 2008 at Southwestern Public Health (formerly Oxford County Public Health).

She has been a CIC since 2016 and currently works with South West IPAC Hub. She also holds current certification in medical device reprocessing from MDRAO. Her experiences include outbreak management, reportable disease investigations, IPAC assessments and consultation with different healthcare and non-healthcare settings.

Robyn Latendresse is Public Health Nurse at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas. Robyn’s career in Public Health started in 2003. Over the last 10 years she has worked on the Infectious Disease team. Robyn has been a member of IPAC SWO since 2009.

Erika Vitale is currently Director of Infection Prevention and Control, and Pandemic Planning for Windsor Regional Hospital. She holds an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Windsor, and is a Medical Laboratory Technologist with experience in microbiology and pathology. She completed her Master of Public Health in 2014 through the University of Waterloo.

Erika started her work in Infection Prevention and Control in 2008, and since that time has implemented IPAC programs at 3 facilities, including the realignment of acute care IPAC services in Windsor, Ontario. She has led various teams in the control of outbreaks of infectious disease and antibiotic resistant organisms, and has guided staff in the implementation of best practices, which has led to decreased infection rates.

As an advocate for patient and staff safety, Erika is passionate about developing strong surveillance systems that allow ICPs to act as the real CSIs!

Rhodora Laylo has been an infection control practitioner for the last 15 years serving the London area and received her certification in Infection Control since 2008. She is currently an IPAC Specialist with Public Health Ontario where she hopes to continue her passion for serving the community through infection prevention and control.

Eleanor Paget started her career in public health in 2001 at the Middlesex London Health Unit on the Vaccine Preventable Disease Team. In 2003 she transitioned to the Infectious Disease Control team and in 2017 made the leap to Public Health Ontario. Eleanor is currently a Regional IPAC Specialist with Public Health Ontario's IPAC Regional Support West team.