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. Pankaj Agarwal

Managing Partner, Agarwal Holdings Inc.

Ms. Radha Curpen

Partner, National Client Relationship Ambassador, Group Head, ESG and Sustainability, McMillan LLP

Ms. Vivian Eliopoulos

CEO, 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. Judi Hess

Vice Chair and Chief Strategist of Copperleaf Technologies Inc.,

Ms. Melissa Louie, Ga’axsta’las

Founding Partner, Nogala Law Group LLP

Ms. Naz Panahi

Vice-President, Pan City Enterprises Inc.

Mr. Keith Spencer

Retired Partner, Fasken

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

Vice-Chair:
Mr. Ali Pejman

Managing Partner, Fort Capital Corporation

Past Chair:
Ms. Juggy Sihota-Chahil

Senior Vice President, TELUS Healthcare Excellence

Mr. Owen Cameron

Founder & CEO, Cameron Investment Group Inc.

Mr. Amar Doman

President & CEO, The Futura Corporation

Dr. Janice Eng, BSc (PT/OT), PhD

University Killam Professor & Canada Research Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Co-Director, Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health

Mr. David Helliwell

Co-founder and Executive Board Chair at Thrive Health

Mr. Haytham Hodaly

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

Mr. Simpson Ma

President & CEO, C&O Apparel Inc

Mr. Bob Rennie, OBC

Principal/Owner, Rennie Marketing Systems

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

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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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