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.
1953-54: Lionel Ray
1954-55: Jack Byers
1955-56: J.D. Clare Thacker
1956-57: Walter Cooke
1957-58: Don Wright
1958-59: Alex Blakeley
1959-60: Jack Poulton
1960-61: Hilt Eltom
1961-62: Bill Scott
1962-63: H. James Maher
1963-64: A. Cam Kennedy
1964-65: Roy Johns
1965-67: Tom McClocklin
1967-69: Ed Hamon
1969-70: Cec Cherry
1970-72: Joe Lang
1972-73: Bruce Wilson
1973-74: Al Roth
1974-75: Norbert Wasylenko
1975-76: Ron Jeffery
1976-77: Jim Caudle
1977-78: Bill Barlow
1978-79: J. Drew Byers
1979-80: John Lillico
1980-81: Tom Dutton
1981-82: Bob Parker
1982-83: Len Erickson
1983-84: Karen Rutherford
1984-85: Craig Francis
1985-86: Dwight Dunn
1986-87: Ross Borne
1987-88: Joe Stark
1988-89: Dick Hoffmann
1989-90: Bill Hoffmann
1990-91: Jeff Child
1991-92: J. Bruce Pendleton
1992-93: Irvin Bender
1993-94: O. Randy Buschmann
1994-95: Larry Gregga
1995-96: I. Bob Elliott
1996-97: A. Jack Fingler
1997-98: D. Randy Parker
1998-99: Barb Gray
1999 – 2000: Keith Wilson
2000-01: Murray Tait
2001-02: Bill Schwandt
2002-03: Larry Kozakevich
2003-04: Bruce Hildebrand
2004-05: Shawn Wasylenko
2005-06: Michael Van Dorpe
2006-07: George Wright
2007-08: Mark Stockford
2008-09: Gloria Archer
2009-10: Darryl McKay
2010-11: Heather Pottle
2011-12: Barry Seaborn
2012-13: Garth Neher
2013-14: Jim Seip
2014-15: Dave Nussbaumer
2015-16: Sheldon Wasylenko
2016-18: Blair Andrew
2018-22: Dave Pettigrew
2022 – Present: Sarah Johnston