Geoffrey M. Pradella, B.A., B.A. (Hons), M.A., LL.M.
Chief Executive Officer

Geoff Pradella is the Chief Executive Officer of Kids Brain Health (KBH+), comprised of a national network (KBHN) funded by the Government of Canada, a charitable foundation (KBHF) and a newly formed investment fund (KBH-IF). Together, the three KBH+ entities are committed to improving outcomes for children and youth with neurodisabilities and their families by accelerating access to supports and services in Canada. Geoff provides strategic leadership that advances the KBH+ mission of translating research into practice, fostering partnerships, and driving innovation to achieve life-changing results.

As a senior executive with extensive experience in organizational leadership, research-to-innovation and commercialization ecosystems, his work is dedicated to ensuring that world-leading scientific research has measurable impact – getting innovative discoveries, and science and evidence-based programs, products, interventions and technologies into the hands of kids and families.

Geoff’s career is founded on international education and experience in medicine, law and ethics, and leadership roles in government, higher education, the private sector and not-for-profits, where he has worked provincially, nationally and internationally. He has a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Calgary, a B.A. (Hons) in Law and an M.A. from the University of Cambridge, and an LL.M. from the University of Edinburgh.

Prior to returning to Canada in the early 2000’s, Mr. Pradella was a Research Fellow & Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, where he developed degree programs and professional development courses for the UK’s Royal Colleges and the National Health Service (Scotland). He has been a Principal in three consulting firms, served as a senior staffer to a number of provincial and federal cabinet ministers, as Vice Chair of the Alberta Research and Innovation Authority, as the lead for the Health Research Ethics Harmonization Initiative, as the head of Canadian government and public affairs for an international energy company, and as Vice-President and Acting CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. He currently serves as the Chair of the Genome Alberta board, and in 2012 was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.