Sandra Li-James joined VHA Home HealthCare in the role of Vice President, Quality, Best Practice, Education and Chief Nursing Executive in January 2022.

Sandra has over 25 years of diverse experience guiding and engaging interprofessional teams and promoting excellence in practice and education to provide safe, quality care for clients and families. She is known for her strong leadership skills, her expertise in fostering best practices while cultivating a strong safety and learning culture and her deep commitment to leading with compassion to optimize provider and client experience.

A Registered Nurse, Sandra joined VHA from University Hospital Network (UHN) where she held various roles, most recently as a Director of Professional Practice. Sandra began her career at the Hospital for Sick Children and The Toronto Hospital in the Cardiovascular units. She then transitioned to quality, education and best practice roles including many years at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Education focused on adult education, both from the University of Toronto (U of T). Sandra has an appointment as Adjunct Lecturer at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at U of T.