Geoffrey M. Pradella, B.A., B.A. (Hons), M.A., LL.M.
Chief Executive Officer, KBHN
Geoff has 25 years of international experience in business, government, non-profits and higher education, complemented by an extensive track record of community service and volunteer board engagements. His work reflects a personal and professional commitment to building and enhancing organizational capacity, executive management and systems, strategic analysis, complex change management, policy, leadership, governance, human rights, community inclusion and innovation.
Education
Geoff has an LL.M. (Amplissimis cum meritis) from the University of Edinburgh (in medicine, law and ethics), as well as a B.A. (Honours) (Law) and M.A. from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Calgary. At Jesus College, Cambridge, he was a Commonwealth Scholar, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, received 1st Class Honours for his dissertation and coursework, and was elected by his peers to serve as Vice Captain of Boats.
Current and former academic engagements include appointment as an Associate of the J. Kenyon Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences and Law (University of Edinburgh), teaching medical law and ethics to third year medical and nursing students and residents (University of Calgary), as an advisor on curriculum development to the Weill Bugando University College of Health Sciences (Tanzania), work with the Physician Learning Program (University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine), leadership as Chair of the Alberta Health Research Ethics Harmonization Initiative and as a member of the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary.
Career
Geoff recently served as the Chief Strategy Officer for Alberta Health Services, working closely with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on the development and execution of strategic priority initiatives directly connected to the AHS Health and Business Plan, and the achievement of overall health system challenges and opportunities for the future.
Prior to joining AHS, he worked in the Ministry of Health as the Senior Strategic Advisor to the Minister of Health and was a co-founding partner and President of Strategy Portal Inc. and Pradella Associates Group. From 2004-2007, Mr. Pradella was a Research Fellow & Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Law, and a member of the AHRC Research Centre where he developed and delivered innovative distance-delivery programs and professional development courses in medical law and ethics for several Royal Colleges and the National Health Service (Scotland).
Board Appointments and Community Service
A key principle in Geoff’s life has been giving back to the community through volunteer work and service on a wide range of medical, editorial, legal, arts and community boards. He is currently the Chair of the Kids Brain Health Network, Vice Chair of Genome Alberta, and a Founding Director of the Canadian Museum of Recorded Music and Culture Foundation. He recently served as Vice Chair of the Alberta Research and Innovation Authority, Vice Chair of the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (Calgary Region) board, and as the Ethicist Member for the Out of Country Health Services Appeals Panel.
He holds memberships in a number of professional and academic societies, and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 for his professional and volunteer work and service to the community and society.
