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.

Roberta Fidalgo

Board Chair

Owner

YET Human Resources and Coaching

Roberta Joined the Board in 2021. She is the 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.

Bruce Sprauge

Vice Board Chair

Western Canada Managing Partner

BDO LLP

Bruce joined the board in 2024, and sits on the Governance Committee. He is the Western Canada Managing Partner for BDO, and has over 25 years of professional experience providing sophisticated tax planning and a broad range of other services to public and private corporations, entrepreneurs, high net worth individuals and family offices, and professional athletes.

Bruce also has considerable experience in both the technology and mining sectors as both an advisor to public and private corporations, and previously held senior executive positions with prominent mining and technology corporations.

Bruce is involved in the community through Board memberships on the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and Mining Association of Canada. He was formerly a Board member for several non-profit organizations in Vancouver including the Vancouver Aquarium, Sport BC, Coquitlam Adanacs Field Lacrosse Association, and Port Moody Hockey Association.

He has also been an author n the Canadian Tax Foundation, Canadian Tax Journal, Canadian Mining Journal and Advisor’s Edge, and is happy to sit down with anyone to watch a good hockey game (in fact, he is a B.C. Scout for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League)!