Board Members

Elizabeth Zamajski is a Registered Dietitian with almost 20 years of experience. Elizabeth went to Ryerson Polytechnic University, where she graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor in Applied Science in Food and Nutrition. Elizabeth completed her Dietetic Internship at the University Health Network in Toronto. Elizabeth works at Halton Healthcare in Oakville, Ontario.

She provides nutritional care to patients across all areas of the renal journey, including Independent Dialysis, which includes home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis as well as MCKC and in center dialysis. Elizabeth has been the Co-Chair of the Canadian Association of Nephrology Dietitians for over five years.

Elizabeth has been involved in many projects that support renal dietitians and renal patient population. Quality of patient care and advocating for exemplary patient care is Elizabeth’s main focus in her practice.

Christine Nash is a Registered Dietitian at the University Health Network’s Toronto GeneralHospital and has been working with patients with chronic kidney disease (Stages 3-5, including dialysis) for over 15 years. She is co-chair for the Canadian Association of Nephrology Dietitians(CAND) and is the provincial renal dietitian lead for the Ontario Renal Network.

She recently completed her Masters in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, where she studied nutritional status and dialysis modality and their effect on folate status in the era of folic acid fortification.

Eileen Carolan is a Registered Dietitian with over 40 years of experience. Eileen attended the University of Alberta, where she graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics.

Eileen completed her integrated Dietetic Internship at the Royal Inland and Royal Jubilee Hospitals in Kamloops and Victoria BC respectively. Though she retired in 2022 from Island Health (Vancouver Island, B.C.) she continues to work on a casual basis in hemodialysis in Nanaimo and area dialysis clinics.

Eileen has been an active member of CAND since 1998. Together with 3 other CAND members Eileen coordinated the development of the CAND cookbook, Kidney Friendly Cooking.  Eileen acted as editor for the 4^th edition of the Essential Guide for Renal Dietitians.

Dani Renouf is a Registered Dietitian with over 15 years of experience working with patients and clients with kidney disease, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. She holds a chair position as Lead Dietitian for BC Renal and participates in research projects, media opportunities, and educational conferences.

Dani has lived in Iran, Germany, the United States and Canada, so has been exposed to a variety of cultures and dietary ways of eating. She speaks German, Farsi, and some French and Spanish.

Dani works full time in the Kidney Care Clinic at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver and runs her private practice, Four Elements Nutrition Consulting. Living and working on unceded territories of the Squamish, Salish, and T’Sleil-Waututh, she enjoys learning about the importance of the land and human connection, as well as the value of Indigenous traditional foods on people’s health.

Shonagh Colebrook-Fonseca is a Provincial Practice Lead for Nephrology Dietitians with Alberta Health Services. She also works as a hemodialysis dietitian at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.

Over the past 15 years, Shonagh has had the opportunity to provide coverage in the areas of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplant.

She has a passion for making nutrition recommendations practical for patients and journeying with patients throughout their continuum of care.

Laura Quenneville is a dietitian currently working in pediatric nephrology at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Canada.  She completed her bachelor degree in nutrition at the Montreal University in 2002.  Laura has worked in both pediatric and adult's hospitals, spending more than half of these years working in pediatrics.

Danielle Martin is a Registered Dietitian for the nephrology program at Grand River Hospital. She works mainly with patients on in-centre hemodialysis. She started her career in a Diabetes Education Program and is also a Certified Diabetes Educator.

Danielle is a graduate of the Applied Human Nutrition program (BASc) at the University of Guelph. She completed her dietetic internship at Grand River Hospital in 2019 where she was first introduced to the world of renal nutrition. She enjoys the challenge that this area of practice brings and feels like she continues to learn something new about food and nutrition almost every day. 

She recently joined CAND in 2023 and is excited to join them in supporting excellence in renal nutrition as Web Manager/Secretary.