Mary Lynn VanTassel, CPA, CA is the Executive Lead of Health System Sustainability at IWK Health, where she leads embedding sustainability into healthcare operations and plays a key role in aligning IWK’s strategy with provincial transformation efforts. Her portfolio also includes Environmental Services and Waste Management.
Before assuming her current position, Mary Lynn held several key leadership roles at IWK Health, including Director of Financial Services & Treasury and Acting Chief Operating Officer (COO). During her time as Acting COO, she co-led the strategic initiative focused on environmental sustainability, which sparked her passion for sustainability and played a pivotal role in the creation of the Health System Sustainability portfolio in September 2024. Before joining IWK Health, she spent twelve years in various financial and operational leadership positions at McInnes Cooper, an Atlantic Canadian law firm.
Mary Lynn holds a BBA from St. Francis Xavier University and earned her Chartered Accountancy (CA) designation in 1999. She is also an active community leader, currently serving on the boards of the North End Community Health Center (where she is also the Chair, Financial Oversight and Risk Committee) and the Nova Scotia Chapter of the Financial Management Institute (FMI).