
Barney Ellis-Perry
Barney Ellis-Perry has 30+ years of fundraising and constituent engagement experience, and 14 years with his alma mater UBC where he held key fundraising and alumni relations positions. Barney returned to his home province of BC after working in the US for eight years to lead the Hospital Foundation in the role of CEO. Barney’s most recent position was as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations and Annual Giving at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Barney’s proudest accomplishment at UBC was successfully designing, launching, and co-leading UBC’s Start an Evolution Campaign, the world’s first dual-goal campaign for a major university with goals of raising $1.5 billion and of doubling active alumni engagement by 2015. Barney is excited to be working in support of healthcare. His time in the USA reinforced his belief in the power of the Canadian Healthcare system. Learn more.