For more than 40 years, Jane Hungerford has focused her volunteer efforts on health care, education, social services and conservation of the environment. She has raised millions of dollars for crucial research and services for the people of British Columbia and beyond.

As chair of the BC Cancer Foundation, Jane Hungerford led a restructuring and then a $130 million fundraising campaign to build the new BC Cancer research centre in Vancouver plus a research component at the Vancouver Island Centre in Victoria. Funds were also allocated for the creation of the Michael Smith Genome Science Centre.

Thanks to her leadership, game-changing research at the BC Cancer Agency has led to targeted therapies for ovarian and lymphoid cancers, a comprehensive BrainCare BC program, advanced clinical tests for acute myeloid leukemia, pancreatic cancer and colo-rectal cancers, and world-first discoveries of the genetic makeup and subtypes of breast cancer.

She has brought the same high standard of leadership to fundraising for other community organizations including the Salvation Army, the Pacific Salmon Foundation and the University of British Columbia where she served as chair of the UBC Alumni Association. She was one of the founders of Science World. In each case where she has become involved with an organization, she has left it reorganized and strengthened in its ability to fundraise and deliver important services more effectively.

Ms. Hungerford’s many awards include the Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee medals.