Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation announces 2013-2014 Board of Directors

From left, back to front row: Adrienne Bakker, President and CEO; Dwight Ross, Treasurer; Frank Butzelaar; Doug Eveneshen, Vice-Chair; Jason Cook, RCH Site Director; Sharon Domaas; Helen Sparkes; Steven Osachoff; Belle Puri, Chair; John Ashbridge; Meldy Harris, Secretary. Absent from the photo are Larry Kozak, Gary Pooni and Erin O’Halloran.

New Westminster, BC – July 4, 2013

Adrienne Bakker, President and CEO of Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) Foundation, and Belle Puri, RCH Foundation Board Chair, are pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Eveneshen as Vice-Chair and Meldy Harris as Secretary of the 2013-2014 RCH Foundation Board of Directors.

Eveneshen and Harris work together with RCH Foundation Board members John Ashbridge; Frank Butzelaar, Sharon Domaas, Larry Kozak, Erin O’Halloran, Steve Osachoff, Gary Pooni, Dwight Ross, Board Treasurer; Helen Sparkes and Dr. Laurence Turner to help RCH Foundation achieve its vision – to inspire giving and grow funding so patients have access to the best in health care at RCH.

“I am very proud and grateful to be supported by this amazing team of Board professionals as we embark on a new era for Royal Columbian Hospital and the foundation, which will be one of tremendous growth and patient care transformation,” says Adrienne Bakker, RCH Foundation president and CEO. “Each team member has a strong connection to RCH, and it shows in their commitment to help RCH move forward with its redevelopment.”

RCH Foundation works with corporate and community donors and partners with the Government of BC and Fraser Health Authority to ensure that funding is in place to equip the healthcare teams at RCH to provide the highest level of care to the most seriously ill and injured patients from across BC. Last year the Foundation raised $6million in support of RCH, thanks to the generous support of donors from across the province.

About Royal Columbian Hospital

Royal Columbian Hospital is a provincial and regional referral hospital providing specialized care for trauma, cardiac and neurosciences, mental health, high-risk maternity and neonatal intensive care for 1.7 million seriously ill and injured people from across the Lower Mainland, the Fraser Valley and across the province. RCH is also a provincial teaching hospital with a UBC Clinical Academic Campus onsite.

About Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation

Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation is an independent charitable organization that raises millions of dollars annually to help fund priority equipment needs, facility enhancements, research, innovation and education at RCH and to support the work of the Foundation. For more information about Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation, please visit rchcares.com.

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