Past Board Chairs

Since its inception in 1952, the IBAS board of directors has been led by 63 distinguished individuals. Prior its governance changes in 2017, the board was headed by a president. That title was transitioned to executive management at the 2017 AGM, and the senior-most board leadership role became the chairperson.

2022 – Present: Sarah Johnston

2018–22: Dave Pettigrew

2016–18: Blair Andrew

2015–16: Sheldon Wasylenko

2014–15: Dave Nussbaumer

2013–14: Jim Seip

2012–13: Garth Neher

2011–12: Barry Seaborn

2010–11: Heather Pottle

2009–10: Darryl McKay

2008–09: Gloria Archer

2007–08: Mark Stockford

2006–07: George Wright

2005–06: Michael Van Dorpe

2004–05: Shawn Wasylenko

2003–04: Bruce Hildebrand

2002–03: Larry Kozakevich

2001–02: Bill Schwandt

2000–01: Murray Tait

1999–2000: Keith Wilson

1998–99: Barb Gray

1997–98: D. Randy Parker

1996–97: A. Jack Fingler

1995–96: I. Bob Elliott

1994–95: Larry Gregga

1993–94: O. Randy Buschmann

1992–93: Irvin Bender

1991–92: J. Bruce Pendleton

1990–91: Jeff Child

1989–90: Bill Hoffmann

1988–89: Dick Hoffmann

1987–88: Joe Stark

1986–87: Ross Borne

1985–86: Dwight Dunn

1984–85: Craig Francis

1983–84: Karen Rutherford

1982–83: Len Erickson

1981–82: Bob Parker

1980–81: Tom Dutton

1979–80: John Lillico

1978–79: J. Drew Byers

1977–78: Bill Barlow

1976–77: Jim Caudle

1975–76: Ron Jeffery

1974–75: Norbert Wasylenko

1973–74: Al Roth

1972–73: Bruce Wilson

1970–72: Joe Lang

1969–70: Cec Cherry

1967–69: Ed Hamon

1965–67: Tom McClocklin

1964–65: Roy Johns

1963–64: A. Cam Kennedy

1962–63: H. James Maher

1961–62: Bill Scott

1960–61: Hilt Eltom

1959–60: Jack Poulton

1958–59: Alex Blakeley

1957–58: Don Wright

1956–57: Walter Cooke

1955–56: J.D. Clare Thacker

1954–55: Jack Byers

1953–54: Lionel Ray