ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2020 YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE OF A LIFETIME CONTENTS Message from Our Fundraising Leadership & Excellence 03 President & CEO 09 Events 24 in Philanthropy Message from Strategic 2019 – 2020 04 Our Board Chair 12 Partnerships 25 Financial Highlights Major Generosity Canada’s First 06 Investments 13 in Action 35 Stroke Ambulance s I write this message to you, I am struck by how much our world has changed in the past year. We are all experiencing COVID-19, the pandemic that has significantly impacted all of us. AI hope and pray that you and your loved ones are staying safe, and that those of you who need help get it as quickly as possible. We have also experienced changes here, at the MESSAGE University of Alberta Hospital, and, even closer to home, at the University Hospital Foundation. Thank you to each and every one of you who contributed FROM to the Brain Centre Campaign. The campaign wrapped up last September after raising an incredible $70 million, changing brain care dramatically for thousands of Albertans OUR and western Canadians. The researchers that your generosity supports – such as Dr. Glen Jickling who is moving closer and closer to developing a blood test that will diagnose a stroke within PRESIDENT minutes, and Dr. Jack Jhamandas, whose research in Alzheimer’s disease may one day restore the memory in patients living with that terrible condition – stand to transform & CEO brain care for millions around the world. Your donations supported a $10 million gift to the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute in celebration of its tenth anniversary. These funds are already being put to valuable use in upgrading equipment and technology that is used THE ONE CONSTANT every day in diagnosing and caring for cardiac patients across western Canada, and beginning an Innovation Fund to inspire WE CAN ALWAYS more research and advancements in cardiac care. You also gave Angelena Dolezar, a young Edmonton COUNT ON IS CHANGE school teacher who lost her leg in a terrifying boating accident, her life back by funding osseointegration surgery – the most advanced procedure in the world for attaching prosthetic limbs. Finally, there is the change that brought me here. My predecessor, Joyce Mallman Law, retired last fall. Her belief in the power of philanthropy to change and save lives lifted the University Hospital Foundation to great heights. As your new CEO, my passion will propel us forward, and create an environment of discovery and innovation that will be heard – and have impact – around the world. And so I say thank you for making 2019-2020 an outstanding year for patient care, research and innovation at the University of Alberta Hospital. Your gifts made it possible for our medical teams to keep more families together, and to restore the ability in patients to do what so many of us take for granted – such as walking without pain, breathing without effort and living independently. I hope you enjoy our 2019-2020 Annual Report. The accomplishments we celebrate are yours. The gratitude from doctors and patients we receive belongs to you. That will never change. Dr. Jodi L. Abbott, ICD.D President & CEO, University Hospital Foundation GiveToUHF.ca 3 The Annual Report reflects the vitality and resilience of the University Hospital Foundation, which allows it to thrive in the MESSAGE midst of the significant upheavals which face healthcare today. The year 2019-2020 was another successful fundraising year for the University Hospital Foundation (UHF). More importantly, this fundraising success led to the second highest amount FROM in distributions in UHF’s history, to support the work of the University of Alberta Hospital, the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Kaye Edmonton Clinic. OUR These distributions enabled the Foundation to purchase state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment equipment that have and will continue to have positive impacts on patient outcomes. The Foundation also contributed to leading BOARD research into the causes and treatment of diseases that are treated each and every day at the Hospital. The success of the University Hospital Foundation is due to CHAIR the hard work of many individuals dedicated to making our hospital site one of the best in Canada. Such individuals include Joyce Mallman Law, who led the University Hospital Foundation to becoming one of the most respected healthcare charities in North America during her 11 years as President. W. Guy Scott Dr. Shelley Scott Jim Allen Cathy Osborne Emeritus Board Member Community Volunteer CEO, Jatec Electric Ltd. Senior Operating Officer, President, Ventura Interests Inc. University of Alberta Hospital, Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Beryl Bacchus Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Kaye Edmonton Clinic 2019-2020 Festival of Trees Chair University of Alberta Dan Hanna Hugh Bolton, President, Parkwood Master Builder FCPA, FCA, F.ICD, LLD(Hon.) Past Chair and Director Emeritus, EPCOR Utilities Inc. Robert Bessette, FMA, ICD.D Jim Brown Emeritus Board Member Past Chair Dr. Jodi L. Abbott, ICD.D Vice President & Associate Portfolio Manager, President, President & CEO, Bessette Wealth Management, RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Sherrick Management University Hospital Foundation 4 UHF Annual Report 2019-2020 Following the retirement of Joyce Mallman Law in families for their incredible leadership and commitment September 2019, Christy Holtby became acting CEO until to making brain care a priority at the University of Alberta the new President and CEO, Dr. Jodi Abbott, joined the Hospital. Foundation in January 2020. Dr. Abbott’s vision and passion Thank you to my fellow board members who volunteer promises to expand the impact of our donors to patients their time and give so generously to support patient care around the world through the support of innovation and and research at the University of Alberta Hospital, and are transformative research. committed to making Edmonton a hub for patient care, The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has put research and innovation. additional strain on the staff of the Foundation. However, Most importantly, to you, our donors, thank you for being under the leadership of Dr. Abbott, our foundation staff such invaluable members of the healthcare team at the have remained committed and excited about the significant University of Alberta Hospital. role that the University Hospital Foundation continues to Your commitment is our inspiration – and for that, we play in our healthcare system. thank you. This year also saw the conclusion of the Brain Campaign under the leadership of Jim Brown and Guy Scott. The University Hospital Foundation’s Brain Centre Campaign succeeded in raising over $70 million from our community of donors to transform care for brain patients across northern Alberta and western Canada. While the formal campaign may have officially ended last fall, the need for ongoing support for brain care remains as strong as ever. David Finlay, Q.C. A big thank you goes to Jim and Guy and their respective Board Chair, University Hospital Foundation Cathy Osborne Dr. David Zygun Chris Fowler, MA Senior Operating Officer, Zone Medical Director, Alberta Health President & CEO, Canadian Western Bank University of Alberta Hospital, David Finlay, Q.C. Services Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Board Chair Don Wheaton Irving Kipnes Kaye Edmonton Clinic Counsel, Dentons Canada LLP President, Wheaton Group Emeritus Board Member Owner, Delcon Development Group Beth Allard-Clough Board Member & Director of Community Joette Decore Relations, Allard Foundation Consultant, Kim Wheaton University of Alberta C.J. Woods, FCPA, FCA Emeritus Board Member Emeritus Board Member Community Volunteer Paul Verhesen, P.Eng CIBC Wood Gundy President & CEO, Clark Builders Community Volunteer GiveToUHF.ca 5 MAJOR INVESTMENTS The University Hospital Foundation distributed $15.4 million in 2019-2020 to help advance healthcare at the University of Alberta Hospital, the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Kaye Edmonton Clinic. Funds were used to support important clinical and equipment needs and innovative medical research, including research into new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. BRAIN CENTRE CAMPAIGN Thanks to your generosity, Edmonton is home to world-class brain care ess than a decade ago, creating a Brain Centre at the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) was an idea that L needed one essential element if it had any chance to succeed – community support. Eight years and $70 million later, the University Hospital Foundation’s Brain Centre Campaign ended last fall with a celebration that honoured the donors who made it happen: the campaign’s leadership team, led by co-chairs and prominent Edmonton-based philanthropists, Jim Brown and Guy Scott; and the medical teams that can now save and change the lives of more brain patients than ever before. “We made a promise to bring the best brain care to Edmonton and we’ve done it,” said Brown. “The people of this great city showed once again that, thanks to their generosity, anything is possible,” added Scott. For brain patients, and their families, the advancements in brain care have brought more than just hope when it comes to fighting some of the most complex and challenging health conditions of our time – they’re also getting the life-saving care they need sooner, recovering faster and living their lives with far fewer limitations. “There is almost nothing we can’t do for brain and spinal conditions at the University of Alberta Hospital, thanks to donors