Alison understands what it takes to run a successful healthcare practice, both in terms of the practice’s bottom line and clients’ requirements. She also understands how deeply the two are intertwined. As a strategic and innovative thinker, Alison knows how to build out of the box solutions and partnerships that offer members tools and professional advice, ultimately positioning them for success.

Alison is a highly accomplished CEO and a highly respected leader within the chiropractic community. Since joining the CCA, she has transformed the profile of the organisation and, arguably, the chiropractic profession in Canada. A strong advocate of collaborative care, Alison has been instrumental in bringing national associations together to advance chiropractic as an evidence-based, patient-centred profession. An excellent communicator, Alison has an outstanding ability to cut through to the real issues and ensure robust, targeted discussions on key issues.

I had the pleasure of working closely with Alison on a Customer Experience training program for her team during COVID. Alison is an intuitive, creative thinker and leader with high standards. During COVID, when everyone was shutting down, Alison took the lead and encouraged her team to take bold risks during this uncertain time. Believing that her customers needed to be the top priority, she quickly focused and grew the online community which proved to be a lifeline for the membership. Alison takes a “coach approach” in her leadership that is filled with passion, empathy, and kindness. She has high standards and challenges her team and others to bring their best to everything they do.

Alison has been the CEO of the CCA for a number of years and has guided the profession through one of the most challenging times ever faced…the global Covid pandemic. Despite the challenges, Alison and her team at the CCA office, as well as our CCA Board of Directors, have established connections for PPE, created on line learning opportunities, stayed connected with government on a federal level and have kept all of the members across Canada ‘Chiro Strong’ !!! Well done Alison!! Thank you for all you have done for the profession.

Alison is a brilliant Executive Coach who will challenge you and your organization to reach for your unthinkable potential. As a leader she will take you where you may not imagine you could get.

I have had the pleasure of working closely with Alison over the last year and a half assisting her in building her team’s capacity and strengthening the team’s value based leadership style. Alison’s skill of motivating and leading her team and organization through the pandemic is remarkable and the impact has been significant. I find her to be a caring person who strives to bring joy and compassion to her team every day. She is committed to excellence and she is an inspiring leader who understands and integrates coaching principles into the team culture to elicit great results. Alison is an incredible CEO and leader and I highly recommend her.

Ms. Dantas is one of the most dedicated, hard- working and committed individuals I have ever met! In addition, Ms. Dantas is personable and kind – such important attributes in the workforce today.

I have no hesitation in recommending Alison Dantas. She is an outstanding leader with a vision that helps organizations grow and evolve while furthering efforts at the grassroots level. I had the pleasure of working for Alison for over seven years. Her leadership skills, intelligence, and understanding of policy, research, and advocacy at every level helped me grow in my role. Any organization and person fortunate enough to work with Alison will be all the better for it.

Alison is a committed and dedicated association executive who is deeply committed to the mission of her organization. She also values inter-professional collaboration and volunteers on key committees to support collaborative work.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Alison for years in a number of capacities. She is a strong, dedicated leader with vast experience in the healthcare realm. Her unique ability to establish, develop and manage collaborative relationships among key partners would be an asset in any organization or initiative. Alison is committed to excellence and deploys her creative, business-savvy approach in all facets of leadership, strategy, implementation and stakeholder relations.

It is with great pleasure that I can write a recommendation for Alison Dantas. Alison is an exemplary leader and has been a role model to me over the last 6 years. With her management and communication skills, she has been able to effectively advocate for the chiropractic profession and establish our place as a primary and essential service within the Canadian health care system. Over the last two years, I have had the pleasure of working alongside Alison in establishing the chiropractic profession as leaders in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in health care. With her leadership, we have developed a baseline assessment of diversity and cultural competency within the profession.

Additionally, we have worked with other health care organizations (i.e. physiotherapy and occupational therapy) to begin the development of shared competencies to achieve equitable access to rehabilitation services in Canada. This work is essential to improving patient outcomes, and with Alison’s leadership we hope to develop an interdisciplinary approach to addressing these very complex health care concerns. Alison is highly dedicated to her work and always puts the needs of the team first. In addition to being an exceptional leader, she is also very personable and easy to work with. Thank you for all you have done for the profession, and being a phenomenal mentor.

I had the pleasure of Co-Chairing Organizations for Health Action (HEAL) a coalition of over 40 national health organizations dedicated to improving the health of Canadians and the quality of care they receive for the past year. A dedicated and visionary health leader, Alison has amazing political acumen and understanding of the healthcare system. She is a gifted communicator and leads with compassion. I have seen first hand how strategic, collaborative and dedicated she is in all her work. It was a privilege working alongside Alison as HEAL Co-Chairs.

Alison is an exceptional and visionary leader. Adept at both strategy development and execution, she identifies the strategic priorities that will have the greatest organizational impact and effectively aligns plans and resources to achieve these priorities. A powerful communicator, Alison articulates clear and compelling visions around strategic priorities which inspire and empower others to join in the work and make meaningful contributions.

Focused on helping others flourish, she intentionally builds the capabilities of those around her to support their personal and professional growth while simultaneously strengthening organizational capacity. Ambitious and focused in her goal-setting while remaining agile in anticipating and solving challenges, Alison consistently demonstrates the leadership required for organizations to thrive in today’s rapidly-changing environment.

I have had the pleasure and opportunity to work closely with Alison on several initiatives over the past decade. Alison has a strong commitment to the evidence-informed advancement of a profession. Where there is research, she utilizes it, where there is not research, she catalyzes opportunities for the creation of new knowledge. She is an accessible, responsive, and active leader.

Alison is a relationship builder. Through her demeanour, attitude, and personality, she brings people together in a productive, collaborative and meaningful way. Alison has a progressive approach to leadership and proactively stays at the forefront of emerging issues. She inspires people to challenge themselves, and the result is an opportunity for the work of those individuals to reach their full potential and shine through her support. Alison has repeatedly demonstrated the capacity to successfully lobby government, work with universities, and healthcare professions for the betterment of Canadian society.

Integrity, respect, professionalism, and trust are only a few words that describe Alison. In the past 10 years, it has been a great pleasure to collaborate with Alison on several research and knowledge translation projects. Her forward-thinking vision combined with her intelligence and courage make her an outstanding leader who can find constructive solutions to the most challenging problems.

Alison’s conviction that public policy must be informed by the best available evidence is inspirational in an era where disinformation and misinformation are too common. Her commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is exemplary, her mentorship in this area is exceptional. Above all, my collaborations with Alison have highlighted that leadership is earned by investing into honest relationships.

Alison is a skilled and talented leader with a passion for driving positive change. Alison and I worked together for the past five years in our respective roles as CEO/Executive Directors. Alison at the National level and me at the provincial. Alison’s commitment to helping advance the profession resonated throughout the changes and innovation she brought to her organization and the support she provided to the provinces.

Thanks to Alison’s efforts, the provincial and national associations came together for coordinated branding, messaging, and marketing efforts that helped to propel the profession. Alison’s strategic and innovative approach and her innate ability to forge relationships resulted in the opening of previously inaccessible doors and seats at tables where the profession had previously been excluded.

For my organization, her support through significant governance changes and her willingness to share her knowledge, experiences, and resources propelled us to adopt and operationalize governance best practices in a fraction of the time it would have normally taken.

Alison’s biggest strength is her determination; she approaches problems innovatively and fights hard for her cause. I greatly respect Alison’s work ethic and the advances she made for our profession, and I am honoured to call her a friend. I highly recommend Alison for any leadership role; she will thrive in any area she sets her focus.

You can google the character traits that make for a strong, compelling C.E.O. or, you can be fortunate enough to have worked with one. I’ve had the honour of working with Alison (note the use of “with” versus “for”, it’s her style) since 2015. Challenging years with lots of headwinds. Alison’s courage, change management skills, her fearless advocacy for the purpose of the orgs she has led, but above all her vision for what can be, all come together in an individual whose warmth is perfectly captured in her famous salutations at the end of any email “In health, Alison”. I’m a fan.

Having had the opportunity to work with Alison on several national health coalitions, I have witnessed the strength of her leadership in establishing common threads, often within environments of strong differences, and weaving them into a unified voice for change. Alison is a unifier that steps up into leadership positions to ensure the priorities of the organization she represents are reflected within the advocacy priorities of coalitions.

Alison is one of those leaders who cares not only about ensuring the success of the organization she leads but about the success and satisfaction of those who are impacted by the organization. It has been my pleasure and good fortune to assist her with legal matters over the past ten years.

I have known Alison Dantas for many years. She is a powerful agent of change who walks the walk with a positive outlook. Alison sees opportunities where others see defeat and possesses a unique ability to rally her community in a proactive direction toward possibility. Her superpower is helping others realize their goals through brave, incremental changes in perspective and approach.

Having worked with Alison as a supplier for the past 8 years, it was gratifying to partner with her on various projects. Alison was ever present, passionate, and ready to engage and collaborate with others with an eye to drive the profession forward.

She leveraged research to inform critical decisions and as important used research to create an environment for dialogue to exchange ideas among the Membership. Alison brought the provincial and national associations closer together. Her leadership skills and management style are perfectly matched to meet any challenge that comes her way.