Kip Woodward holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. He is President of Woodcorp Investments Ltd., which pursues venture capital investments. Over the years, Woodward has represented many organizations as Board Chair including Brentwood College School, The Nature Trust of British Columbia, Hot House Growers Inc. and the Keg Royalty Trust Fund. He is also a member and/or director of many not-for-profit organizations including Canada's Top 40 Under 40, the Provincial Judicial Council and the P.A. Woodward Medical Foundation.   [ Close ]

Douglas Brown is a chartered accountant with a BBA from the Schulich School of Business, York University. He is the Vice President, CIBC Commercial Banking for British Columbia. Douglas has a broad business understanding of health care, as well as experience as a volunteer in the community. He is also the Board representative to the Committee of Advisors for the Legacy Project.   [ Close ]

Daniel is Vice-Chairman, National Bank Financial Group. Prior to joining NBF, Daniel was Vice-Chairman and B.C. Geographic Head for RBC Dominion Securities Inc.. Daniel has worked at various times in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and New York. He has a B.A. from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Daniel is active in the Vancouver communit. He is the past Chairman of the St. Paul's Hospital Foundation Board and is currently a Director of the following organizations; Vice Chairman and Director, Providence Health Care; Director, Arts Club Theatre Company; Director, Nature Trust of British Columbia; Director, Canada Line. In addition he sits on the Dean of Arts Advisory Board at the University of British Columbia.   [ Close ]

Sandra Heath, Past Chair of the Providence Health Care Board of Directors, is President of HTDInc, a Human Resources Consulting organization. She works locally and internationally with organizations to build leadership capacity through the design and delivery of leadership training. Sandra also provides facilitation, and human resources management services as part of her portfolio. She is active in the community and currently volunteers as a director with Bard on the Beach.   [ Close ]

Michael Crean has over twenty-five years experience in Business Administration and Management, and is currently the president and partner of Kearney Funeral Services Ltd. Michael is past President of both the Catholic Health Association of BC and the Denominational Health Association and is the former Board Chair of St. Mary's Hospital, New Westminster. He served as a member on the Simon Fraser Regional Health Board and New Westminster Community Health Council and is active in many community organizations including the Knights of Columbus and Rotary.   [ Close ]

Michael Crean

David Dumaresq

David Dumaresq graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. A retired businessman, David has over forty years of management experience in the forest products industry, as owner / manager of a forestry company on the B.C. Coast. He is also involved with other charities including St. Vincent’s and Holy Family Health Care Foundation and the Vancouver College Millennium Foundation. David has been married for 47 years and has four grown children.   [ Close ]

Frank Holler is Chief Executive Officer of BC Advantage Funds, a venture capital company that invests in life science and technology companies in British Columbia. He serves as a board member for a number of life science companies and is also a Director of Genome British Columbia. Mr. Holler has a BA in Economics and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.  [ Close ]

John Kitchen is currently the President and CEO of Pacific Regeneration Technologies Inc. (PRT), a firm specializing in the culture of reforestation seedlings. John joined PRT in 1994 after operating his own company for many years. He has a wide range of business, marketing and general management experience, along with many year's experience in volunteer emergency services. John is a member of the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia, and is also a past Director of the Kinsmen Rehabilitation Foundation.   [ Close ]

Pierre LeDuc is currently a partner in LeDuc Associates Management Consultants. He is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ondine Biopharma Inc. of Vancouver, BC., and a member of the Board of Directors of Novx Systems Inc. of Markham, Ontario. Pierre has a wide range of health care knowledge gained from his 30+ years in research, product development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing, most of which were with Baxter Corporation. During his 21-year career with Baxter, Pierre held several executive positions, ending with President of Baxter Corporation Canada. [ Close ]

Sister Marie-Vie is a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, the founding Congregation of Mount Saint Joseph Hospital. With Master's in Theology and Pastoral Sociology from the Asian Social Institute, most of her ministry has been in the area of Formation, Animation and Administration. She was the Provincial Superior in the Philippines and in 1994-2000 she served as Assistant General Superior in Montreal, overseeing MIC Sisters in four Asian countries. Currently, she is a member of MSJ Pastoral Care and Mission Integration team.   [ Close ]

Dr. Gavin Stuart

Dr. Gavin Stuart is Dean of Medicine at UBC and has received both an FRCSC and a FACOG. Dr. Stuart is a noted clinician and researcher whose interests focus mainly in the area of cervical cancer and the conduct of clinical trials as therapeutic interventions in gynecological cancer. Dr. Stuart is Chair for the Gynecology Site Committee of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Clinical Trials Group, a member of the Advisory Committee on Research for the NCIC, and served on the Cancer Surgery Working Group and the Provincial Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for the Alberta Cancer Board.   [ Close ]

Dr. Gavin Stuart

Hari Varshney

An active member of Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception, Sister Margaret Vickers holds a Bachelor of Nursing, a Masters of Health Administration degree from the University of New Brunswick and an honorary Doctorate in Law. She has been a member in various capacities with the Saskatchewan Catholic Health Association, New Brunswick Hospital Association, Canadian Hospital Association, Nurses Association of N.B., N.B. Catholic Health Association, United Way, American College of Hospital Administrators, Canadian College of Health Service Executives, Advisory Committee for St. Joseph's Hospital and Board of Directors for Region 2 Hospital, Saint John.   [ Close ]

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