Allan Baydala was elected as the chair of the Delta Hospital Foundation board for 2014-2015 at the organization's AGM earlier this month.
The chief financial officer for Port Metro Vancouver, Baydala joined the board of the hospital foundation in 2008 and has served as treasurer and vice-chair.
A senior port authority executive for 10 years, Baydala also has over 20 years of aviation industry experience, including ownership of a regional airline. Baydala has served on various industry boards, including the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, Tourism Richmond, Tourism Vancouver, Council of Tourism Associations of
B.C. and the B.C. Aviation Council.
In 2011 he was Business In Vancouver's CFO of the Year in the Large Public Companies category.
Baydala is a UBC graduate and chartered accountant who has lived with his wife Barbara and two sons in Ladner for the past 25 years.
Previous chair Keith McGee will remain on the board as pastchair. He was thanked at the AGM for his exemplary leadership over the past two years during which time the foundation achieved the best fundraising results in its history and launched its most ambitious capital campaign.
Board members elected for 2014-2015 were Randy Kardaal (vice-chair), Andrew Clark (treasurer), Ingrid Barnes, Kevin Brennan, Laura Cassidy, Bruce Fougner, Steve Millen, Margo Peerless, Phil Posehn, Karla Rockwell, Don Sangster and Lois Wilkinson.
Former board treasurer Doug Miller, who stepped down after nine years of service, was thanked at the AGM for his generous involvement with the foundation.
