Board of Directors

Provide leadership, vision, and direction

Meet Our Board

A group of outstanding individuals and professionals committed to driving excellence in health care forward for patients and families in our region. Together, the KGH Foundation Board of Directors provide leadership, direction, and support to Foundation staff and drive strategic partnership to raise funds vital to the acute and long-term care needs unique to our region.

Janine Karlsen

Board Chair

Owner/Managing Director

Home Instead Senior Care

Janine is a registered nurse, with a master’s degree in Applied Behavioural Sciences – specializing in Systems Counselling. Janine has always worked within the healthcare world. She worked at the bedside at Children’s Hospital, then took on the role of Clinical Director for a group of family physician offices.

She was also the Clinical Director for a private surgical centre. At the time when physician practices were beginning to migrate from paper to electronic medical records; Janine worked throughout BC as the Client Advocate and Implementation Manager for one of the early EMR companies. She has also been the clinical sales lead for both large hospital equipment and bio-medical device companies.

Janine is the Chair of the Board, and a valued member of both the Executive Committee and Strategic Development Committee.

Roberta Fidalgo

Vice Board Chair

Owner

YET Human Resources and Coaching

Roberta Joined the Board in 2021. She is the Vice Chair of the Board, and currently sits on the CEO Performance and Compensation, Executive, and Governance Committees.

Roberta is the owner and principal HR Consultant at YET Human Resources. Prior to starting her own consulting firm, she was an integral part of senior leadership teams, as an executive and strategic HR business partner for over 20 years in various organizations. She was instrumental in leading and supporting the people integration of two organizations on more than three occasions.

As a lifelong volunteer, she has dedicated over 30 years of service, including most recently; President, Board of Directors, Kelowna Women’s Shelter (2017-2020), HR Committee Chair (2016-2021), and Board Vice-Chair (2022-Present).

Roberta lives by the motto – Aspire to Inspire before you Expire.