Commission Board Information

AADAC is an agency of the Government of Alberta reporting to the Minister of Health and Wellness.

Special Announcement

On May 15, 2008, the Honourable Ron Liepert, Minister of Health and Wellness, announced the formation of a new Alberta Health Services Board (AHSB), effective immediately. The AHSB replaces Alberta’s nine regional health authority boards, the Alberta Mental Health Board (AMHB), the Alberta Cancer Board (ACB), and the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC) Board. The new AHSB is responsible for health services delivery for the entire province and reports directly to Minister Liepert. The Minister also announced the creation of three advisory Councils, to advise and report to the AHSB on addictions services, cancer research, and mental health services.

A transitional AHSB, made up of a chair and six members, was appointed by the Minister, who will establish a process to recruit additional members for a permanent 15-member provincial board of directors and CEO. Ken Hughes has been appointed AHSB Interim Chair and Charlotte Robb has been appointed Interim CEO.

Alberta Health Services Board (Interim)

Ken Hughes Interim Chair
President of Alpine Insurance and Financial Inc., an Alberta-based insurance brokerage firm; former founding chair of Headwaters Health Authority (1994-1995), former MP for the rural riding of Macleod in southern Alberta (1988-1993).

Jack Ady
Former board chair for Chinook Health Region; Mount Royal College board of governors member; former Minister of Advanced Education and Career Development (1992-1997).

Pierre Crevolin
Former board member for Capital Health; Caritas Foundation Governance Committee board chair; former Caritas Health Group board member (1995-2003); former president of NACE International and former president and general manager of CSI Coating Systems.

Linda Hohol
Past president of TSX Venture Exchange (2002-2007); former executive vice-president of wealth management, CIBC Toronto.

John Lehners
Partner of Bearisto, Lehners, Ketchum Engineering Ltd.; chair of the Grande Prairie Public School District.

Irene Lewis
President and CEO of SAIT Polytechnic; chair of the Alberta Economic Development Authorities’ Energy Resource Committee and a committee member of the Calgary Airport Authority Business Development Advisory Council.

Don Sieben CA
Chartered Accountant; member of the Athabasca University and University of Alberta board of governors; Canative Housing Corporation board of directors member.

Charlotte Robb Interim CEO
Forrmer CEO and president of DynaLife Diagnostics (formerly Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories); business advisory committee member for the University of Alberta and Concordia College; former senior vice-president of operations, Business Development Bank of Canada, Prairies and Western Region and the former Alberta/NWT Vice President and Regional Manager of Commercial Banking for the CIBC.

All correspondence to the AHSB can be sent to:

AADAC Executive Offices
6th Floor, 10909 Jasper Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3M9
Phone: 780-415-0370
Fax: 780-423-1419