Plan A Leadership Team

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  Sheri Tomchick

  Founder

  Sheri Tomchick is one of the North’s leading authorities on methodologies for sustaining our health care system while dealing with an aging population. Combining a mixture of professional experience, strong leadership skills and sound knowledge of problem solving, Sheri works with Long Term Care homes to bring elements of forward thinking, team building and an effective approach to getting things done.
  
  Sheri is the founder and visionary of both Plan A Health Care Staffing Solutions, Inc., the largest health care staffing agency in Northern Ontario, and StaffStat, Inc., a new and innovative software solution making waves across Ontario.
  
  Sheri approaches every aspect of both of her companies from the vantage point of 15 years of experience in health care through social work, nursing and teaching. Her natural enthusiasm, attention to detail and determination to make only the most qualified and compassionate health care professionals available to her community has become her mission. As a past Director on the board of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce she has made evident her enthusiasm for a strong entrepreneurial base in her city. Sheri also lends her hard working and caring nature as the President of the Sudbury Women’s Centre Board of Directors where she develops mutually beneficial partnerships and engages members and volunteers in productive and impactful work.
  
  Sheri was the 2014 winner of the Bell Business Excellence award for Entrepreneur of the Year. She won the People’s Choice award at the NORCAT Innovation Mill’s inaugural Pitch event, where she pitched her software, StaffStat. Sheri was also recently acknowledged as the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year at the Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards.
  
  She is continuously involved in personal and professional development and enjoys community focused events and volunteer opportunities.

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  Diane Langdon

  Chief Operating Officer

  Through her respectful, constructive and energetic style, our Chief Operating Officer Diane Langdon, provides the necessary leadership and management to help drive our vision and ensure continuous growth, financial strength and operating efficiency.
  
  Diane has a passion for helping others and is strongly devoted to making a difference in her community. Her commitment is unwavering in ensuring that the vulnerable population that Plan A Long Term Care Staffing and Recruitment serves is cared for with the highest level of care and quality.
  
  With the aim of gaining a national footprint, Diane also serves as an integral part of the Plan A Franchise team. While also lending her expertise to StaffStat, ensuring seamless operation of this fast-moving software company.
  
  As an engaged and active leader on various sporting related Boards at the local level, Diane strives to instill leadership, sportsmanship and an overall positive impact across the community as well as for her two sons.

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  Mandy Gauthier

  VP of Strategic Partnerships

  Mandy’s passion for the Plan A Model is based on 4 years of work and experience in various roles with both Plan A Long Term Care Staffing and Recruitment and StaffStat. The experience gained from both companies along with the drive to provide an innovative staffing solution to the long-term care sector made the transition to Franchising the next logical step.
  
  Currently, Mandy works with and supports existing Plan A Franchise owners. In addition, she is the first point of contact for any franchise inquiries, and manages the coordination and training of new Plan A locations. She is intent on developing and growing the Plan A brand and vision throughout Ontario and beyond.
  
  Mandy is committed to service excellence, holding a high standard for the quality of care delivered to our most vulnerable population.

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  Megan Patrakka

  VP of Marketing

  In August 2015, Megan joined the Plan A Health Care Staffing Solutions Team as the VP of Marketing. Megan is responsible for creating all marketing content within the company—social media, advertising, promotional items, print materials and more.
  
  Megan has an extensive educational background. She graduated from the Business Administration – Marketing program at Cambrian College, obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Lakehead University and is a recent graduate from Cambrian College’s Human Resources post-graduate program.
  
  Megan’s forward-thinking mindset, innate creativity, and passion for all things marketing make her a great asset to the team; she truly understands the Plan A vision and works diligently to communicate it with our staff, clients, and the community.

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  Cindy Fowler

  VP of Education

  Cindy fully embraces her role of VP of Education at Plan A Sudbury. She is proud of and stands behind the Plan A Brand. As VP of Education, she is responsible for improving performance, productivity, efficiency, and success through the implementation of effective methods and strategies.
  
  Cindy can often be found championing the brand while developing, fostering and maintaining strong relationships with healthcare students, healthcare professionals, educational and long-term care partners.
  
  As a leader of the Plan A team, she encourages by motivation, promotion of self-development and guidance towards the achievement of the team members’ goals. Cindy has a passion for helping others and is devoted to making a difference in her community. Therefore, she is strongly committed to ensuring that the vulnerable population that Plan A services are cared for with the highest level of care and quality.