Ida Goodreau

Board of Directors, Genome BC

Ida Goodreau, MBA, is Adjunct Professor, Sauder School of Business and Director of Strategy for the Centre for Health Care Management. Ida has extensive executive experience in both the public and private sectors. From 2002 to 2009, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Vancouver Coastal Health, one of the largest health care organizations in the country, responsible for delivering health services to over 1.1 million people. She has also held senior positions in the forest sector (Fletcher Challenge, Norske Skog) and natural gas (Union Gas). Ida sits on a number of corporate and non-profit boards including Vancouver Foundation, Genome BC, Canada West Foundation, Justice Institute Foundation, Women’s Leadership Circle, as well as Fortis Inc, and Terasen/Fortis BC. She is a former Director of the Vancouver Board of Trade and Shell Canada. Ida has been selected as one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women three times, has been chosen as the 2009 Consumer Choice Awards Vancouver Business Woman of the Year, and received a Business in Vancouver Influential Women in Business award in 2010.