Board of Directors

H. Stanley Marshall (Chairman)
President & Chief Executive Officer
Fortis Inc.

Mr. Marshall is the President and CEO of Fortis Inc., serving in this role since 1995. He is a member of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Mr. Marshall serves on the boards of several Fortis companies, is a Director of Toromont Industries Ltd. and is Chairman of the Terasen Inc. and Terasen Gas Inc. Boards.

Harold Calla
Chair
First Nations Financial Management Board

Mr. Calla is Chair of the First Nations Financial Management Board. He is a member of the Squamish Nation and has served two terms on its Council. Since 1986 he has worked with the Squamish Nation representing its interests in commercial business, economic development and accommodation negotiations. Mr. Calla is on the Board of Directors of Canada Mortgage and  Housing Corporation and is a past director of Partnerships BC.. 

Beth Campbell
Owner of Best Western Inn
Penticton, British Columbia

Beth Campbell currently holds the title of Governor for Best Western International Inc. and serves as the Vice Chair of the Member Marketing Advisory Committee for Best Western International Inc. She is also serving a term as Vice Chair of Tourism British Columbia and as Vice Chair of the Provincial Capital Commission.

Ms. Campbell previously served as Mayor of Penticton and as a City of Penticton councilor.

She is President of the Penticton Chamber of Commerce as well as President of the Penticton Hotel Association and is active in the community.

Brenda Eaton
Chair
BC Housing

Ms. Eaton is the Chair of BC Housing and is on the Board of Directors of Transelec, Powertech and several not-for-profit organizations. She has held a variety of senior positions in B.C. Public Service, most recently as Deputy Minister to the Premier and prior to that as Deputy Minister in Finance and Treasury Board, Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources and Social Services.

Ida J. Goodreau
President and Chief Executive Officer
LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services

Ms. Goodreau, Corporate Director, most recently was President and CEO of LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services and previously President and CEO of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. She has held executive positions in the health, forestry and natural gas sectors in Canada and internationally. She is on the Boards of Directors of the Vancouver Board of Trade and Fortis Inc. and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Business Council of British Columbia.

Roger Mayer
Owner of Real Estate Development Company
Keremeos, British Columbia

Roger Mayer was elected to the Regional District of the Okanagan Similkameen in 1987. During his 18 years with the District, he served as Chair of the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen from 1996 to 2001 and as Chair of the Regional Hospital District from 1996 to 2000 and again from 2002 to 2004.

Mr. Mayer has worked on many initiatives for the Regional District including working with the community to construct a new Health Care facility in Keremeos, to provide better service to the residents of the area while creating efficiencies needed for small population communities. He was also pivotal in delivering through a public private partnership, a wireless broadband internet service in the Lower Similkameen.

Harry McWatters
President
Vintage Consulting Group Inc.

Mr. McWatters is the President of Vintage Consulting Group Inc. and a leader in the British Columbia wine industry. He is the founding Chairman of the British Columbia Wine Institute, a Director of the British Columbia Progress Board, and the founding Chairman of the British Columbia Hospitality Foundation. He has served on the Board of Directors of FortisBC Inc. since 2005, served as Chairman since 2006, and has served on the Fortis Inc. Board since 2007.

Barry V. Perry 
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Fortis Inc.

Mr. Perry is the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Fortis Inc. He has served in this position since 2004. Prior to his current position at Fortis, he held the position of Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Newfoundland Power Inc. Mr. Perry also serves on the boards of several other Fortis companies.

Linda S. Petch
President
Petch & Associates Management Consultants Ltd.

Ms. Petch is the President of Petch & Associates Management Consultants Ltd., a company providing governance and accountability framework services to boards. She is a member of the Board of Governors of RBC Mutual Funds and RBC Private Pools. Ms. Petch is a former director of the Vancouver Island Health Authority and the Health Employers Association of B.C.

David R. Podmore
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Concert Properties Ltd.

Mr. Podmore is the Chairman and CEO of Concert Properties Ltd., a national real estate enterprise he co-founded in 1989. He is the Chair of the B.C. Pavilion Corporation and the Chair of the British Columbia Institute of Technology Foundation. He is also a Director of LifeLabs Inc. and LifeLabs (B.C.) Inc. and past President of the Urban Development Institute of B.C.

John Walker
President and Chief Executive Officer
Terasen Inc., the Terasen group of companies, and FortisBC Inc.

Mr. Walker has more than 27 years of experience with the Fortis group of companies since he began his career with Newfoundland Power Inc. He is a member of several boards within the Fortis group of companies, including FortisBC Inc., FortisAlberta Inc. and Newfoundland Power Inc.