Chair:
Mr. Ali Pejman
Managing Partner, Fort Capital Corporation
Vice-Chair:
Mr. Bob Rennie, OBC
Principal/Owner, Rennie Marketing Systems
Treasurer:
Ms. Judi Hess
Vice Chair and Chief Strategist of Copperleaf Technologies Inc.
Secretary:
Mr. Paul Geyer
CEO, Discovery Parks and Nimbus Synergies
Past Chair:
Mr. Jim Szabo
Vice Chairman, Capital Markets, CBRE
Mr. Pankaj Agarwal
Managing Partner, Agarwal Holdings Inc.
Mr. Owen Cameron
Principal, Cameron Investment Group Inc. and Founder & CEO, Engage.In Technologies Inc.
Ms. Radha Curpen
Partner, National Client Relationship Ambassador, Group Head, ESG and Sustainability, McMillan LLP
Mr. Amar Doman
President & CEO, The Futura Corporation
Ms. Vivian Eliopoulos
CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health
Dr. Janice Eng, BSc (PT/OT), PhD, OC
University Killam Professor & Canada Research Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Co-Director, Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health
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
Ms. Debra Finlay
Senior Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP.
Mr. David Helliwell
Co-founder and Executive Board Chair at Thrive Health
Mr. Haytham Hodaly
President, Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation
Ms. Annie Huang
Viva Pharmaceutical Inc.
Mr. Michael Lee
Chief Strategy Officer, UrbanLogiq
Ms. Naz Panahi
Vice-President, Pan City Enterprises Inc.
Mr. Duncan Sinclair
Chair, Deloitte Canada and Vice Chair, Deloitte Global Board
Dr. Gavin Stuart, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, FCAHS
Vice President Research, VCHRI, Interim Head, Department of Gynecology, Vancouver Acute, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia
Dr. Hamed Umedaly, MD FRCPC
Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care VGH and UBCH Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of British Columbia
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Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation generated a record $150.6 million in consolidated revenue in 2024-25 – making a significant impact on advancing health care and building healthier communities in BC.
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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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