Michelle Stillman
OnSPARK Director, Partnerships & Governance
Michelle Stillman is a strategic leader with over 15 years of experience advancing impact through organizational transformation, program development, and knowledge mobilization. Her work spans the nonprofit, health, and research sectors, where she has led multi-disciplinary teams, guided organizations through periods of growth and change, and built structures that enable effective, sustainable implementation.
Michelle’s career has focused on designing and delivering initiatives that address complex challenges facing older adults across the continuum of care. She has worked collaboratively with researchers, government partners, health care providers, and people with lived experience to co-create programs that translate evidence into practical solutions, ensuring that research findings become accessible tools that improve outcomes in real-world settings. Michelle is recognized for her ability to align diverse stakeholders around a shared vision, foster meaningful collaboration, and move organizations from ideas to execution.
What motivates Michelle’s work?
“ I am motivated by bringing partners together to design solutions that address complex challenges, honour lived experience, and create programs that make a difference in people’s lives.”