Healthcare Benefit Trust

Healthcare Benefit Trust

Healthcare Benefit Trust (HBT) is a Canadian not-for-profit health benefits organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It provides services to over 300 member organizations.[1]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Elisabeth Whiting Chief Executive Officer[1:1] -
Daniel Gumprich Chief Financial Officer[1:2] Sterling Shoes, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tony Green Controller, Financial Services[1:3] -
Malcolm Griffin Board Chair[1:4] Interior Health Authority
Paul Boundy Trustee[1:5] Mutual Life of Canada, Mercer, Sun Life Financial
Lisa Castle Trustee[1:6] University of British Columbia (UBC), Great Northern Way Campus (GNWC)
Bita Jenab Trustee[1:7] College Pension Plan, Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), Society of Actuaries (SOA)
Anne Kinvig Trustee[1:8] Pacific Blue Cross, British Columbia Life & Casualty Company, Canadian Airlines
Darius Maze Trustee[1:9] Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, Community Social Services Employers' Association of British Columbia (CSSEA), New Westminster Public Library, Association of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia (ANHBC), Community Living Society
Becky Palmer Trustee[1:10] First Nations Health Authority, British Columbia Children's Hospital, BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Providence Health Care
Robert Pauliszyn Trustee[1:11] Public Sector Employers' Council Secretariat, British Columbia Ministry of Finance, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, British Columbia Ministry of Education, British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat (IGRS), Community Social Services Employers' Association of British Columbia (CSSEA), Crown Corporation Employers Association
Sarah Hoffman President and Chief Executive Officer (former)[2] Pacific Blue Cross, Lush Cosmetics, Michael Hill
Mick Maguire Chief Financial Officer (former)[2:1] -
Howard Johnson Board Chair (former)[3] Baptist Housing, Denominational Health Association (DHA), Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC), BC Non-Profit Housing Association
Mark De Croos Trustee (former)[4] Northern Health Authority
Dick Humphries Trustee (former)[4:1] Department of Insurance, Mercer, Alzheimer Society of British Columbia, COPE - FortisBC Pension Plan
Stuart Monteith Trustee (former)[3:1] Manulife, Mercer, Sun Life Financial, Make-A-Wish Canada, Make-A-Wish International
Zulie Sachedina Trustee (former)[5] Provincial Health Services Authority, Law Foundation of British Columbia, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME)
Tim Veresh Trustee (former)[4:2] PLEA Community Services Society of BC, Community Social Services Employers' Association of British Columbia (CSSEA), Federation of Community Social Services of BC, Canadian Criminal Justice Association (CCJA), Provincial Association of Residential and Community Agencies (PARCA), Realize Strategies
Sylvia Weir Trustee (former)[6] Interior Health Authority, National Health Service (NHS)
Carmen Zabarauckas Trustee (March-September 2023)[7] Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group, Justice COVID-19 Response Group, British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, Justice Education Society of British Columbia, Crown Corporation Employers Association
Christina Zacharuk Trustee (former)[3:2] Public Sector Employers' Council Secretariat, Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC), Post-Secondary Employers' Association (PSEA), University Public Sector Employers' Association (UPSEA), Crown Corporation Employers Association

  1. Meet the Team. Healthcare Benefit Trust. Retrieved May 13, 2026, from https://web.archive.org/web/20260513213304/https://www.hbt.ca/about/meet-the-team/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Management Team. Healthcare Benefit Trust. Retrieved August 4, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210804081924/https://www.hbt.ca/about_HBT/meet_our_team/Pages/ManagementTeam.aspx ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Board of Trustees. Healthcare Benefit Trust. Retrieved August 4, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210804081125/https://www.hbt.ca/about_HBT/meet_our_team/Pages/BoardTrustees.aspx ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Meet the Team. Healthcare Benefit Trust. Retrieved April 2, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230402045347/https://hbt.ca/about/meet-the-team/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. Whiting, E. (2012, May 10). Healthcare Benefit Trust Appoints New Trustee. Healthcare Benefit Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20260212164701/https://www.hbt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/HBTBoardofTrusteesTomCrump20120510.pdf ↩︎

  6. Meet the Team. Healthcare Benefit Trust. Retrieved January 21, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250121174317/https://www.hbt.ca/about/meet-the-team/ ↩︎

  7. Carmen Zabarauckas. LinkedIn. Retrieved March 19, 2026, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmen-zabarauckas/ ↩︎

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