Our Team

 Our Board of Directors

Meet the leaders elevating healthcare in our region.

The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation is governed by an exceptional group of volunteers that have chosen to dedicate their time in support of the Foundation. These community leaders demonstrate their commitment to elevating healthcare in the North Okanagan by using their time and significant expertise to help advance our mission. 

Each member of our Board of Directors comes to VJHF with a variety of expertise but they all have the same passion for excellent healthcare. They use those experiences to make a dramatic impact to healthcare in our community through leadership, guidance, support for our team and introducing new individuals and businesses to our mission of advancing care in the North Okanagan.

  • Michael Kinghorn

    Michael Kinghorn

    VJHF President
    Business Manager
    RE/Max Priscilla

  • Ginny Scott

    Ginny Scott

    VJHF Vice-President
    Director of Business Development & Events
    The Rise Resort

  • Greg Hamilton

    Greg Hamilton

    VJHF Treasurer
    Retired Accountant/Partner, BDO

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    Brad Callihoo

    Indigenous Entrepreneur Community Volunteer

  • Lisa Chaun

    Lisa Chaun

    CPA

  • Tom Christensen

    Associate Lawyer Nixon Wenger LLP

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    Jan Derpak

    Community Volunteer Retired Sports Psychologist

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    Linda Fester

    Retired Interior Health

  • Dr. Ed Hardy

    Dr. Ed Hardy

    Oncologist
    Vernon Jubilee Hospital

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    Curtis Omelchuk

    Pharmacist Sterling RX Pharmacy and Hogarth’s Clinic Pharmacy

  • Derek Powers

    Derek Powers

    Partner
    Nixon Wenger LLP

  • Sarah Pruckl

    Sarah Pruckl

    Owner
    Gumtree Catering

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    Tyler Sookarow

    Senior Financial Planner RBC

  • Dr. David Spicer

    Internal Medicine Vernon Jubilee Hospital

 Meet the team helping to support the next level of healthcare in the North Okanagan.

Our team at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation is dedicated to providing our donors with caring and professional service. We come to our organization from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Through our journeys we have developed our individual skills and reaffirmed our passion for elevating healthcare in the North Okanagan. Now, we're leveraging that expertise to make that passion a reality.

Our team exemplifies the generosity and compassion that we see every day in our community. The relationships we’ve been able to make with the caring people in the North Okanagan and the partnerships we’ve fostered with the local businesses, continues to inspire us to reach further and dream bigger. When it comes to advancing our healthcare, the greatest source of motivation we have is our community.

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  • Kate McBrearty

    Kate McBrearty

    Executive Director
    250.558.1200 ext. 51405
    kate.mcbrearty@interiorhealth.ca

  • Shannon Jolley

    Shannon Jolley

    Director of Development
    250.558.1200 ext. 55723 shannon.jolley@interiorhealth.ca

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    Tessa Derksen

    Senior Communications & Development Specialist
    tessa.derksen@interiorhealth.ca

  • Abby Lagerquist

    Senior Development Officer abby.lagerquist@interiorhealth.ca

  • Terri Manke

    Terri Manke

    Finance Coordinator
    250.558.1200 ext. 51362
    terri.manke@interiorhealth.ca

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    Marie Articus

    Development Coordinator
    250.558.1200 ext. 55720 marie.articus@interiorhealth.ca

  • Alexandra Talbot

    Development Assistant alexandra.talbot@interiorhealth.ca

  • Resi Nagler

    Resi Nagler

    VJH Foundation Ambassador