MESSAGE FROM THE KPU FOUNDATION CHAIR

As Chair of the KPU Foundation, it is my pleasure to present you with our 2022 report to donors. We are so incredibly grateful to our donors. You have helped reduce financial barriers and increase access to quality education. I would like to thank my fellow directors for their commitment to our mission of supporting students.

As a proud alumna myself, I can attest to the value of a KPU education. As donors, you have and are changing the lives of future leaders and making a tremendous impact on our community and the communities we serve. 2022 was a successful year as you’ll find in this report, and I must take time to acknowledge our Finance Committee for overseeing and stewarding the KPU Foundation endowment, which has grown to $50 million thanks to your generous support.

This past year we lost someone very special and so very important to the KPU Foundation. Dr. Peter Podovinikoff passed away in late 2021 and to say that he was important to the KPU Foundation is an incredible understatement.

Peter was the founding Chair of the KPU Foundation in 2000 and helped build the Foundation to what it is today. Peter provided over 20 years of volunteer service to the KPU Foundation. He not only chaired the board, he chaired many committees, he recruited directors and would mentor them. Peter was the cornerstone to the KPU Foundation. We will miss his sagely advice and wonderful sense of humour, but his legacy will carry on through our work. You can read more about Peter and his impact on the KPU Foundation on page 6. Thank you so much for your ongoing support and commitment to KPU.

KPU FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2022–2023

Kelly Finlay, Chair

Balraj Mann, Vice Chair

Mike Matsuo, Past Chair

Matthew Boulton, Treasurer

Randall Heidt, CEO and Secretary

Christine Brodie, Director

Vikram Bubber, Director

Chamkaur Cheema, Director

Derrick Chow, Director Dr. Alan Davis, President and Vice Chancellor, KPU, Director

Marilena Fluckiger, Director

Dilsharn Mokha, Director

Bill Wright, Director

Steve Lewarne, Executive Director, Office of Advancement, KPU

To learn more about the Foundation and each of our board members, please visit give.kpu.ca