HEART PLEDGE DAY - Key Persons


Amanda Radakovitch

Job Titles:
  • Chief Culture & Experience Officer
  • EVP People & Brand
Amanda Radakovitch, EVP People & Brand Experience, comes to the University Hospital Foundation with strategic leadership skills, a personal connection to the University of Alberta Hospital site and a fundamental belief that people make an organization. She will help propel the University Hospital Foundation forward as we continue to seek bold solutions to some of the most pressing health challenges our society faces today. Amanda has spent her career in externally facing roles, including external affairs, communications and marketing, brand, and fundraising. She has helped organizations build their brand through effective communications and employee engagement strategies. Most recently, Amanda was the Vice President, External Affairs and Brand for NorQuest College with responsibility over the organization's Brand, Communications & Marketing and Advancement Portfolios. Before joining NorQuest, Amanda was responsible for Corporate Communications and Brand for a multinational construction company, PCL Construction.

Beth Allard-Clough

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Director of Community Relations, Allard Foundation / Governance Committee

Cathy Osborne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • Senior Operating Officer, UAH / MAZ / KEC / Ex - Officio Board Member

Chris Burrows

Job Titles:
  • Member of Finance and Investment Committee
  • Member of the Board of Trustees

Chris Fowler

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Finance and Investment Committee
  • President & CEO, Canadian Western Bank / Chair, Finance and Investment Committee

Chris Gower

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • COO, Buildings, PCL Construction

Daniel Hanna

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • CEO, Parkwood Master Builders / Funding Priorities Committee

David Finlay

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Finance and Investment Committee
  • Counsel Dentons Canada LLP / past Board Chair

Don Wheaton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • President and CEO, Wheaton Group of Companies / Finance and Investment Committee

Don Wheaton, Board

COVID-19 changed everything late in the fiscal year; however, UHF continued to provide resilient financial leadership and strong stewardship of donor funds.

Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta / Ex - Officio Board Member

Dr. David Zygun

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • Medical Director, Edmonton Zone, Alberta Health Services / Ex - Officio Board Member

Dr. Jodi L. Abbott

Job Titles:
  • Leader
Dr. Jodi L. Abbott is a leader, a doer, and a woman of vision who believes that by bringing the right people from industry, government, healthcare and academia together - along with our invaluable donors - we can ignite the kind of change that transforms health in Alberta and around the world. Dr. Abbott strives to accelerate the impact of her actions for the benefit of community.

Dr. Shelley Scott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Retired / Vice Chair

Dwayne Hunka

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • President & CEO, Hunka Capital Corp. & DHI Group Inc. Funding Priorities Committee

George Cantalini

Job Titles:
  • Member of Finance and Investment Committee
  • Member of the Board of Trustees
  • CEO & Founder, Cantiro / Funding Priorities Committee

Jim Brown

Job Titles:
  • President, Sherrick Management / Emeritus Board Member

Joette Decore - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Consultant

Kim Wheaton

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Board Member

Michael Oshry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • Member of the Governance Committee

Naila Jivraj

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee

Paul Verhesen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Governance Committee
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee
  • Partner, Clark Builders / Chair, Governance Committee

Peter Bevilacqua

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Partner, Sorrell Financial / Governance Committee

Phyllis Clark

Job Titles:
  • Member of Finance and Investment Committee
  • Member of the Board of Trustees

Roseanne Carey - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Roseanne Carey's vision for the University Hospital Foundation focuses on one critical question - how can the work we do ignite us towards greater strategic success internally and for the communities we serve? A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), business consultant and proven leader, Roseanne brings her expertise and passion to UHF as the Chief Financial Officer. Her creative, big-picture thinking and leadership abilities will support the UHF by empowering our team towards bold success and achieving our ambitious Ignite 2030 goals.

Ross Haffie

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance and Investment Committee

Ventura Interests - President

Job Titles:
  • President