2024-25 Board of Directors

Our dedicated Board is comprised of accomplished business and community leaders responsible for VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation’s strategic direction and overall performance.

Chair:
Mr. Jim Szabo

Vice Chairman, Capital Markets, CBRE

Treasurer:
Mr. Paul Geyer

CEO, Discovery Parks and Nimbus Synergies

Mr. Amar Doman

President & CEO, The Futura Corporation

Mr. Bob Rennie

OBC, Principal/Owner, Rennie Marketing Systems

Dr. Gary Redekop

MD, MSc, FRCSC, C.N. Woodward Chair, Head, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital

Ms. Judy Leung

CFO, Westbank Corp

Dr. Kendall Ho

MD, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Lead, Digital Emergency Medicine

Ms. Michelle de Moor

Vice-President, Vancouver Acute Services

Mr. Pankaj Agarwal

Managing Partner, Agarwal Holdings Inc.

Dr. Penny Ballem

VCH Board of Directors Chair

Dr. Thalia Field

MD, FRCPC, M.H.Sc., Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia and Sauder Family/Heart and Stroke Foundation Professorship of Stroke Research

Vice-Chair:
Mr. Ali Pejman

Partner, Fort Capital Corporation

Past Chair:
Ms. Juggy Sihota-Chahil

Senior Vice President, TELUS Healthcare Excellence

Ms. Ayeesha Lalji

Larco Investments Ltd.

Mr. David Helliwell

Co-Founder and Executive Board Chair at Thrive Health

Ms. Judi Hess

Vice Chair and Chief Strategist of Copperleaf Technologies Inc.

Mr. Keith Spencer

Retired Partner, Faskens

Ms. Melissa Louie

Founding Partner, Nogala Law Group LLP

Ms. Naz Panahi

Vice-President, Pan City Enterprises Inc.

Dr. Patricia Daly

Vice President, Public Health & Chief Medical Health Officer and Clinical Professor, School of Population and Public Health at UBC

Mr. Simpson Ma

President & CEO, C&O Apparel Inc

Ms. Vivian Eliopoulos

CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health

Audited Financials and Annual Reports

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Meet the Dedicated Teams Behind Our Success

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Who we are

Advancing Health Care Through Philanthropy

At VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, we are dedicated to shaping the future of health care in BC through the power of philanthropy. Our mission is to enable better patient care and outcomes by partnering with donors and health care providers.

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