Toinette (Toni) Parilla-Colon
Position: Former Deputy Director, Office of Health Care Regulation, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
Current Roles: CEO of CJL Consulting Services | Chief Strategy Officer at Midwest Post Acute Care
Overview
Toinette "Toni" Parrilla-Colón is a formidable presence in healthcare regulation and long-term care leadership. Her tenure as Deputy Director at IDPH placed her at the top of Illinois' regulatory pyramid, overseeing licensing and certification for nearly every type of healthcare facility and provider in the state. With direct control over inspections, administrative rules, nursing homes, hospitals, and home health agencies, Toni had significant influence over who could legally do business in Illinois healthcare markets.
But beneath the polished leadership narrative is a pattern of power centralization, agency infiltration, and potential international influence that contributed to one of the most covert power struggles in IDPH history. This battle was not just about office politics. It was a struggle for control of data systems, regulatory gates, and the lives and livelihoods of healthcare workers and providers across the state.
Key Themes
1. Power Struggle with Irma Jonna Veach (Dana's Mother):
Dana's mother managed the Healthcare Worker Registry and background check systems, while Toni controlled both the Healthcare Worker Registry and the licensure of the facilities those workers staffed. Together, they represented the two ends of a control spectrum: people and places. However, Toni's rapid ascent and subsequent control shift created friction with Dana's mother, resulting in what Dana describes as a coordinated takedown. This internal battle fractured the Office of Health Care Regulation and led to lasting corruption and division.
2. Access Database Resistance & Shadow IT Networks:
Toni's regime is part of a larger pattern identified across multiple profiles: a resistance to centralized IT solutions in favor of siloed databases and off-grid systems. Dana’s mother was known for keeping Access databases offline and working with people like Charles Wilson, Deepak Dhankhar, Raymond Smith, and Jose Jimenez to quietly funnel data outside the visibility of DoIT or federal reporting. Toni’s unwillingness to confront or reform this model suggests complicity or alignment with the off-book systems.
3. National and International Infiltration:
As global interests began pressing into U.S. Medicaid and healthcare structures, individuals like Toni—who moved quickly between city (Cleveland), state (Illinois), and private sector roles—became gatekeepers for influence and policy. Her corporate affiliations with Midwest Post Acute Care and Infinity Health Care Management also show how regulation and private profit intersected with increasing boldness.
4. Gatekeeping Through Paperwork & Performative Oversight:
Under Toni's leadership, licensing functions became less about evaluating actual care delivery and more about checking paperwork for completeness. Surveillance nurses in the field, according to Dana's firsthand observation, were woefully underqualified or disinterested in doing meaningful facility review. Systems were being milked for state salaries while true patient safety was deprioritized.
Pattern of Influence
AA/Masonic Behavioral Control Systems: Toni’s rise and consolidation of power overlapped with patterns seen in other state leaders connected to AA and secret behavioral monitoring networks.
Data Obfuscation: Enabled the use of outdated, disjointed systems that allowed for manipulation and untraceable oversight.
Family Ties to Infrastructure: Strong overlaps between Dana’s family systems and Toni’s decisions suggest that familial infiltration of the regulatory system was a feature—not a flaw.
Reflections from Dana:
"They placed me under Kendra Fabish, who was a puppet of Toni's design. My job at IDPH was never meant to regulate or improve anything. I was placed there to be a witness, and eventually a scapegoat. What they didn't expect was that I would remember the names, the patterns, and the power plays. I don’t forget. And I certainly don’t stay silent."
Toni Parrilla-Colón’s legacy is not just one of influence, but of control through calculated infrastructure — masking international interest and elite access behind healthcare regulation.
