Past Board Chairs

Since its inception in 1952, the IBAS board of directors has been led by 63 different individuals, including five distinguished women. 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 Rickson

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