PHSA Board of Directors
Wynne Powell, Board Chair
Mr. Powell is a BC business leader with an extensive record of public service.
Mr. Powell started his career over 40 years ago as a part-owner of a chain of camera stores and a photographic lab. Mr. Powell has developed a national reputation for excellence in retailing and has risen to be President and Chief Operating Officer of London Drugs, London Air Services, TLD Computers, and Sonora Resort as well as serving as a Director on the boards of London Drugs, IGA Canada and B.C. Bearing Group. He has served as a Director of the Vancouver Board of Trade and as a member of the Premier's Economic Advisory Council.
For his active role in the community, Mr. Powell received the Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal as well as medals from the Order of St. John and the Order of the Hospital of St. John.
Mr. Powell holds a Fellowship from the Certified General Accountants Association and an Honourary Doctorate of Technology from the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT). His long affiliation with BCIT started with his graduating from the Business Administration program, then serving as Chair of the Board of BCIT for 8 years, Chair of the BCIT Foundation and now as a lifetime Governor for the BCIT Foundation. In 2003, BCIT gave Mr. Powell a distinguished alumni award for lifetime achievement.
Term of appointment: Dec. 12, 2001 - Dec. 9, 2010 Committee Membership: Ex-Officio of Audit Committee, Finance Committee, Governance & Human Resources, and Quality & Access Committee. Jim Armitage recently retired as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Catalyst Paper Corporation. In the media sector, he has served as COO of Southam Metro Newspapers and as President of The London Free Press. He has also worked as a management consultant in the areas of strategic planning and marketing. Mr. Armitage is a director of the Prince Rupert Port Authority, is a past Chairman of the North American Newsprint Producers Association, and has been a director of the Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association and Victoria Hospital Corporation in London, Ontario. Mr. Armitage has a BA (Economics) from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He lives in Vancouver.
Term of appointment: March 21, 2008 - March 21, 2011
Committee Membership: Member of the Governance & Human ResourcesCommittee, Research Committee and Quality & Access Committee.
Dr. Helen Burt is the Angiotech Professor of Drug Delivery, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC and Division Head in the Centre for Drug Research and Development. She obtained her B. Pharm.(Hons) from the University of Bath, U.K. and her Ph.D in Pharmaceutics in 1980 from UBC. Her major research efforts involve the development of polymer-based drug delivery systems for controlled release of drugs targeted to sites of disease, including cancer, arthritis, restenosis and bone regeneration. Dr Burt was awarded the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for Science, Research and Technology in 2000, the NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation in 2006, the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Award of Leadership in 2009 and is a member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Term of appointment: July 26, 2005 - September 17, 2011
Committee Membership: Research Committee, Governance & Human Resources Committee and Quality & Access Committee.
Betsy Gibbons has over 20 years of executive search and human capital experience. She is a Senior Client Partner in Korn/Ferry International’s Vancouver office, where she specializes in senior-level executive recruitment in the industrial, financial services, government, development and association sectors. Ms. Gibbons is active in civic organizations. She is a Director and past Chair of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre Foundation, a member of the Judicial Council of BC, and on the External Advisory Board for the Faculty of Business at SFU. She holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from SFU.
Term of appointment:
Feb 6, 2007 - Feb 6, 2013
Committee Membership: Chair of Governance & Human Resources, and Quality & Access Committees.
Mary McDougall is an experienced health-care leader with specialized knowledge of the home and community care sector and public-private partnerships. From 1999 to 2006, Mary was president and chief operating officer of Retirement Concepts Seniors Services Ltd, and is currently a consultant providing management and operational assistance to various service providers within home and community care. Previous to her work in the health sector, Mary was the co-founder and owner-operator of Squeeze Juice Company Ltd., and a Manager at Ernst & Young LLP. Mary received her Bachelors degree in Accounting (honours) from the University of Waterloo, and went on to earn her chartered accountant designation. She lives with her family in North Vancouver.
Term of appointment:
October 2, 2008 - September 17, 2011Committee Membership: Audit Committee, Governance & HR Committee and Quality & Access Committees.
Allan Ritchie is currently Vice-President of Western Canada Operations for Duke Energy Gas Transmission. He has held numerous other positions within the company including Vice-President of Field Services, Vice-President, Pipeline and Field Services, as well as Vice-President of Field Operations. He previously served as Vice-President of Operations of Westcoast Energy Inc., Pipeline and Field Services Divisions in Calgary and Vice-President of Process Operations of Westcoast Energy Inc. in British Columbia. He is the current Chair of the Canadian Pipeline Energy Association, Technical Steering Committee. Mr. Ritchie has his Bachelor of Science from the University of Lethbridge. He currently resides in Fort St. John.
Term of appointment: July 26, 2005 - July 31, 2010
Committee Membership: Chair of Quality & Access Committee, member of the Research Committee.
J.D. (Don) Rowlatt served as the Vice-President of finance and operations at the University of Victoria from 1993 to 1999. He now serves as an honorary professor in the faculty of business teaching corporate and management finance. Rowlatt also served as Vice-President of administration for the University of Saskatchewan and Deputy Minister of Labour for the province of Saskatchewan. As a public servant, he participated in federal-provincial financial arrangements for health programs. Rowlatt holds a PhD in Economics from Princeton University and a bachelor of commerce in economics with great distinction and high honours from the University of Saskatchewan. Rowlatt lives in Victoria.
Term of appointment: April 10, 2002 - March 21, 2011
Committee Membership: Chair of Finance Committee, member of Audit Committee.
W. Murray Sadler is a founding partner of Heather Sadler Jenkins LLP, a Prince George law firm. A Queen's Counsel since 1987, Mr. Sadler practices in several areas of corporate and commercial law including forestry. He has been elected as a director of the Canadian Bar Association and was a founding director of the Continuing Legal Education Society. He has also served on a number of community organizations supporting the arts and other charitable causes. He was appointed by the province as Chair of the Interim Governing Council of the University of Northern BC. Mr. Sadler occupied that position during its initial construction and start up. UNBC later named him a "Friend of UNBC" and granted him an honorary doctorate of laws. Mr. Sadler was also recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Prince George and received a Community Service Award from the Canadian Bar Association.
Term of appointment: October 11, 2007 to October 11, 2010
Committee membership: Member of the Finance Committee.
Charanjeet (CJ) Sidhu has held several positions within the Financial Advisors Association of Canada (Advocis), including President and Director of Professional Development for the Greater Vancouver Chapter, and President of the New Westminster Chapter. CJ completed a Bachelor and Masters degree in Commerce in India as well as a Bachelor's degree in Business from DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix, Arizona. He holds professional designations of Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (CH.F.C.) and Registered Health Underwriter (RHU). Since 1990, CJ has been with Sun Life Financial. He is currently a member of the Surrey Board of Trade.
Term of appointment: December 1, 2009 - December 1, 2010
Committee Membership: Quality & Access, Research and Audit Committee.
Douglas Stanley has been in finance for over 40 years. He is president and CEO of the Kootenay Savings Credit Union, Kootenay Savings Insurance Services Ltd., Kootenay Savings Community Foundation, and Kootenay Savings Financial Management Services Ltd. in Trail, having retired in June 2004. He is a past member of the Trail Regional Hospital board of trustees, where he served as Vice-Chair of the board and Chair of the finance committee. He is a past Director of the Credit Union Central of Canada and a past Director-at-large of the Credit Union Central of B.C., where he served as Chair of the operations committee. Stanley is a member of the Credit Union Executive Society of North America and member of the Financial Marketing Association. He lives in Trail.
Term of appointment: April 10, 2002 - March 21, 2010
Committee Membership: Member of Research and Finance Committee.
Shelley Tratch recently retired from a 23-year career as a leading corporate and commercial lawyer in order to devote more time to board and advisory activities. As a senior partner of Borden Ladner Gervais in Vancouver, the focus of Tratch's practice was corporate and commercial law, strategic business alliances and joint ventures, reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures, and credit union regulation. She is Director and Vice-Chair of British Columbia Film, recipient in 2003 of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of her service to the community and leadership in the legal profession, and recipient in 2005 of the PEAK Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Women in Finance. She lives in West Vancouver.
Term of appointment: April 10, 2002 - March 21, 2011
Committee Membership: Chair of Audit Committee, Ex-Officio of Finance Committee, member of Governance & Human Resources Committees.
Denise Turner has been working full time for the Turner family businesses since 1995. Drawing on her 15 years experience in financial services, she was responsible for finance, legal, and contract negotiations for various real-estate-based companies as well as all day-to-day operations of a property management and real estate development company. Most recently, the Turners founded a private investment firm which specializes in providing equity financing for select real estate transactions and small- to medium-sized businesses in Canada and the United States. In addition, Ms. Turner is the Board Chair of YWCA of Vancouver; and a member of the honorary advisory board of Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland, past Chair of the Board of Big Sisters and past Vice Chair of the Board of BC Aviation Council.
Term of appointment: April 10, 2002 - March 21, 2010
Committee Membership: member of Audit and Finance Committees, Chair of the Research Committee.