Meet the Co-chairs

Dorothyanne Brown

Dorothyanne Brown is a retired registered nurse, and a current writer and editor. She’s a graduate of Queen’s, the London School of Economics, and the University of London, with a master’s in health policy and a diploma in epidemiology to add to her nursing degree. She has been fortunate to have worked in three provinces and three countries, in public health, hospital nursing, and health care management. 

When forced to retire because of multiple sclerosis, she took her interests to arts and volunteering. This past February saw the release of Spit and Polish, her second novel, and the first in a series about Ruth Maclean, a nursing student.

She’s excited to serve as community council co-chair for the FLA OHT, and looks forward to working with our dynamic team. Dorothyanne lives in Kingston, ON, and spends her non-volunteer time writing, editing, teaching, and cat-wrestling. 

Brenda Luffman

Brenda graduated from Queen’s University School of Nursing over 40 years ago and worked her entire career in the FLA region. Her early focus in Critical Care Nursing and Clinical Hospital Education at Kingston General Hospital. She shifted to Management and Senior Leadership roles at Lennox & Addington County General Hospital and at Providence Care Hospital over the last 12 years, where she was also focused on Professional Practice and Clinical Informatics.

Now retired, Brenda joined the FLA OHT Community Council in September 2023. She also sits on the Digital Technologies Support Structure as a community member and hopes to use her health-care expertise as well as her family and caregiver experience to assist in the development journey of the OHT.

Brenda is excited to serve as a community council co-chair working to increase use of digital technologies and improve health care access for community members.