Carrie Martin, Executive Director
Carrie Martin is a Mi’gmaq woman from Listuguj, who has spent the past 20 years working in the field of Indigenous women’s health, with a particular focus on HIV. She completed a B.A. in Applied Human Relations and a Graduate Diploma in Community Economic Development at Concordia University, and her B.S.W. at McGill University.Carrie’s leadership is well established; she was the Harm Reduction Coordinator at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal for 12 years (until March 2018), and a tireless advocate for Indigenous women living with HIV. She was also a civil society member of the Government of Canada’s Delegation (CANDEL) at the 2016 United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS (HLM) and is an active member of the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network’s Community Advisory Committee for a number of years. In 2012 she became a founding member of the Indigenous Health Centre of Tiohtià:ke and was the first President of their Board of Directors. In March 2018, she transitioned to the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network as the Indigenous Women’s Research Coordinator. She has also started her PhD at Concordia University to formalize her role as an Indigenous academic researcher and is the recipient of Concordia’s Indigenous Graduate Scholarship and the Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Fellowship, as well as the National CHIWOS Scholar Award. Engaging with many other Indigenous and allied researchers, she builds well-needed capacity in the Indigenous community for grant and research development. Carrie is the proud mother of a 2-year old boy.
Annamaria Miucci, HR Team Lead and Operations Manager
Annamaria Miucci holds a B.Sc. from McGill University where she graduated with Great Distinction in Dietetics. After several years of working in the public sector and running her own private clinics as a dietitian, she returned to school to obtain her MBA from the John Molson School of Business. She then began an 18-year career in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, in the US and Canada, in the fields of market research, marketing and business development. After having had children, Annamaria worked as an independent consultant assisting clients with their clinical research, marketing, sales training and education needs.
In every role Annamaria held in her diverse career, helping people is what truly motivated her to perform her jobs well. In recent years, she began learning more about spirituality and eventually became a light worker, practicing the healing modality of Sacred Peace Healing Energy (SPHE-RE). She is a life-long learner and a student of life. She loves to laugh and helping others is what brings her the greatest fulfillment.