Vicki Cochrane is the Family Partnerships Program Manager at Children’s Mental Health Ontario, leading Parents and Caregivers for Mental Health (PCMH), a provincial program that supports families across Ontario through peer support and evidence-based mental health resources. Drawing on lived experience advocating for her sons with exceptionalities, Vicki brings a powerful family perspective to efforts focused on system change. With a career of over 25 years spanning the not-for-profit and public sectors, she bridges lived experience with practice, policy, and strategy. Her leadership advances equity and cross-sector collaboration, strengthens service quality, drives system transformation, and builds responsive, sustainable supports for infants, children, youth, and families.