Mike Conroy
President and CEO, Brenda Strafford Foundation
Mr. Mike Conroy is the President and CEO of the Brenda Strafford Foundation based in Calgary, Alberta. The Brenda Strafford Foundation is a Registered Canadian Charitable Organization that operates four progressive continuing care facilities, supports a variety of research chairs and The Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging at the University of Calgary, the Brenda Strafford Society for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and a wide scope of health service in Dominica, Haiti and Jamaica. As President/CEO, Mr. Conroy is responsible to the Foundation’s Board for strategy development and implementation and the effective and efficient management of all aspects of the Foundation’s operations
Prior to his current position, Mr. Conroy was the Senior Vice President for the Edmonton Zone of Alberta Health Services responsible for the full continuum of health services serving 1.2 million people with a staff of over 20,000 and an operating budget of $2.6 billion. Prior to this appointment, he was the Executive Vice-President for Corporate Services for Alberta Health Services, with responsibility for Cancer Care in the province, the North Zone health service area, Human Resources, Information Technology, Communications, Legal and Privacy, Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management, and the Ethics and Compliance Office.
Before joining Alberta Health Services, Mr. Conroy was the Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for the Vancouver Island Health Authority for over four years, with joint responsibility for the full continuum of health-care and support services. He has also served as a Vice-President with the former Calgary Health Region and as President of Carewest.
Mr. Conroy has an undergraduate degree in Commerce from the Royal Military College of Canada and a graduate degree in Health Administration from Central Michigan University. He has also completed the Queen’s University Executive Program, and Harvard’s Health Service Excellence Program.
Mr. Mike Conroy is the President and CEO of the Brenda Strafford Foundation based in Calgary, Alberta. The Brenda Strafford Foundation is a Registered Canadian Charitable Organization that operates four progressive continuing care facilities, supports a variety of research chairs and The Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging at the University of Calgary, the Brenda Strafford Society for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and a wide scope of health service in Dominica, Haiti and Jamaica. As President/CEO, Mr. Conroy is responsible to the Foundation’s Board for strategy development and implementation and the effective and efficient management of all aspects of the Foundation’s operations
Prior to his current position, Mr. Conroy was the Senior Vice President for the Edmonton Zone of Alberta Health Services responsible for the full continuum of health services serving 1.2 million people with a staff of over 20,000 and an operating budget of $2.6 billion. Prior to this appointment, he was the Executive Vice-President for Corporate Services for Alberta Health Services, with responsibility for Cancer Care in the province, the North Zone health service area, Human Resources, Information Technology, Communications, Legal and Privacy, Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management, and the Ethics and Compliance Office.
Before joining Alberta Health Services, Mr. Conroy was the Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for the Vancouver Island Health Authority for over four years, with joint responsibility for the full continuum of health-care and support services. He has also served as a Vice-President with the former Calgary Health Region and as President of Carewest.
Mr. Conroy has an undergraduate degree in Commerce from the Royal Military College of Canada and a graduate degree in Health Administration from Central Michigan University. He has also completed the Queen’s University Executive Program, and Harvard’s Health Service Excellence Program.
