Ellen Mahoney

Ellen Mahoney infuses passion, creativity, energy, and fun into everything she does. Drawing on her extensive clinical background in health care, she brings a compassionate and genuine approach to everything she does. She is a retired nurse with a master’s degree in leadership and training from the Royal Roads University.

Ellen is a past President of the Victoria Chapter. For two decades, she has shared her expertise as the Volunteer Client Services Coordinator by visiting newly diagnosed clients and their families in the South Island at the most difficult period of their journey providing compassion, support, and understanding. During the monthly support group meetings, she leads discussions and invites presenters with a focus on “Living with ALS”. Committed to creating awareness of ALS and fundraising, Ellen is a past Chairperson of the Annual ALS Flower Day and a supporter of the annual Move to Cure ALS (formerly the Walk to End ALS). She is a member of both the Canadian Alliance Client Services Committee and the Provincial Patient Services Committee. She speaks locally and nationally about living with ALS with health care professionals, ALS groups, and community groups.

In 2009, Ellen was presented the Roy Slater Volunteer award from ALS BC, and in 2010, she received the Myra Rosenfeld Volunteer award in recognition of her volunteer contribution to the ALS community of Canada. In 2012, Ellen received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and received the Governor General’s Caring Community Award. ALS Canada presented Ellen the Lifetime Achievement Award for her volunteer service dedicated to ALS, and ALS BC awarded Ellen an Honourary Life Membership. Recently, Ellen was presented the King Charles 111 Coronation Medal for her contributions to the Canadian ALS community over the past 40 years.