Dr. John Mackey
Medical Oncologist
BC Cancer- Kelowna

Dr. John Mackey is a medical oncologist at BC Cancer – Kelowna and a Professor Emeritus, Department of Oncology at the University of Alberta. He was previously the director of the Clinical Trial Unit at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, an executive director of TRIO, a global clinical trial organization with more than forty thousand participants in interventional cancer clinical trials. Dr. Mackey co-founded Pacylex Pharmaceuticals to develop a first in class new anticancer therapy, now in Phase II trials, and co-founded illumiSonics, and new cancer diagnostic and eye diagnostic imaging system.

Dr. Islam Mohamed
Radiation Oncologist
BC Cancer – Kelowna

Dr. Islam Mohamed is a radiation oncologist at BC Cancer – Kelowna, specializing in lung, sarcoma, and skin tumour sites. After obtaining a BSc in Genetics, he received an MD and completed his oncology training at the University of Alberta. His research interests focus on integrating stereotactic ablative radiosurgery (SABR) and immunotherapy.

Sarah Roth
President and CEO
BC Cancer Foundation

Born and raised in New Jersey, Sarah holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history and French from Washington University in St Louis and a MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. She and her family moved to Vancouver in 2008 for lifestyle and professional reasons.

Sarah has an impressive 26-year career as a fundraising professional. In her present role, Sarah has elevated the BC Cancer Foundation’s revenue to record heights in all lines of business during her over six-year term. To achieve such success, she has implemented a donor-centric strategy across the organization and championed a brand revitalization that saw the Foundation and its partner BC Cancer align toward a culture of one that embraces the opportunity for the community to give back and drive progress in cancer research and care across the province.

Throughout her career, Sarah has brought exceptional results in leading teams through large-scale fundraising campaigns in both the United States and Canada. She previously worked for Boston Children’s Hospital and New York-Presbyterian Hospital where she was a part of two multi-billion dollar campaigns. Before arriving at the BC Cancer Foundation, she spent eight years as the assistant dean of development and alumni relations in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine, where she launched and completed a $437.6 million campaign, which included the Faculty’s largest ever donation, as part of UBC’s start an evolution campaign.

Sarah is proud to call Vancouver and Canada her permanent home, where she resides with her two children, Juliette and Jeffrey, husband Brian and their sweet dog Snickers, a proud SPCA rescue.

Sarah is also Vice Chair of KidSafe’s Board of Directors, a nonprofit organization providing meals and programming for school-aged children in our community.

Clayton Gall
Chair
BC Cancer Foundation’s Interior Transformation Council

Clayton is an Investment Counsellor with RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel Inc. in Kelowna. Clayton provides investment management services for high-net-worth individuals, families, businesses, endowments and foundations, and not-for-profit organizations. With over 25+ years of experience in the investment and financial services industry, Clayton lends his expertise and actively volunteers to chair philanthropic committees in the community. Currently, Clayton is Chair of Cancer Foundation’s Interior Transformation Council