Executive Leadership
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Our Board of Directors is comprised of many accomplished and dedicated business and community leaders. They govern VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation and are ultimately responsible for its strategic direction and overall performance. By adhering to good governance practices, they ensure the Foundation has the capacity and capability to meet both its short and long term goals.
Mr. Jim Szabo, Chair, Vice Chairman, Capital Markets, CBRE
Mr. Ali Pejman, Vice-Chair, Managing Partner, Fort Capital Corporation
Mr. Paul Geyer, Treasurer, CEO, Discovery Parks and Nimbus Synergies
Ms. Juggy Sihota-Chahil, Past Chair, Senior Vice President, TELUS Healthcare Excellence
Mr. Pankaj Agarwal, Managing Partner, Agarwal Holdings Inc.
Dr. Penny Ballem, VCH Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Amar Doman, President & CEO, The Futura Corporation
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
Mr. David Helliwell, Co-founder and Executive Board Chair at Thrive Health
Ms. Judi Hess, Vice Chair and Chief Strategist of Copperleaf Technologies Inc.
Dr. Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Lead, Digital Emergency Medicine
Ms. Ayeesha Lalji, Larco Investments Ltd.
Ms. Judy Leung, CFO, Westbank Corp
Ms. Melissa Louie, Barrister and Solicitor, Founding Partner at Nogala Law Group LLP
Mr. Simpson Ma, President & CEO, C&O Apparel Inc
Ms. Naz Panahi, Vice-President, Pan City Enterprises Inc.
Dr. Gary Redekop MD, MSc, FRCSC, C.N. Woodward Chair, Head | Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital
Mr. Bob Rennie, OBC, Principal/Owner, Rennie Marketing Systems
Mr. Keith Spencer, Partner, Fasken
Ms. Michelle de Moor, Vice-President, Vancouver Acute Services
Ms. Vivian Eliopoulos, CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health