Heather and her husband moved to Squamish in 2020, though they have owned a home there since 2007. They previously lived in Calgary, where Heather’s career was as a community and hospital-based family physician. Since retiring in 2021, she continues to volunteer as co-lead for the International Institute for Medical Education Leadership, a consortium of eight low- and middle-income country universities collaborating to improve medical education for the benefit of the health care of their populations. Heather also continues to serve as a peer facilitator of the Physician Practice Improvement Program of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.

Together, Heather and her husband are physically active in the community, avidly skiing, snowshoeing, hiking and playing pickle-ball. She looks forward to being engaged in the local community and contributing meaningfully to essential supports and services that ensure local citizens receive the care they need in their home community. Heather hopes that her understanding of the bigger picture of health care and health care systems, and her experience in management in health and educational systems, will benefit the Sea to Sky Hospice Board.