| Attention Pacific Blue Cross Members:
Only 6 days left to vote in the Pacific Blue Cross Board of Directors Election! Are you or one of your friends/family enrolled with Pacific Blue Cross? Have you voted yet? Have your family/friends?
Right now, members enrolled with Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) can vote to elect new directors to the PBC Board. As plan members, the health and well-being of you and your family are directly impacted by the decisions made by the PBC Board of Directors and how our benefits are administered.
CUPE Local 1816, which represents the people who work at PBC, has endorsed three candidates for the Board. These candidates are also endorsed by CUPE BC and the BC Federation of Labour. All three of them want PBC to remain a strong, not-for-profit health insurance provider.
You can vote for ALL THREE endorsed candidates in the election (scroll to the bottom of this email for their candidate profiles):
Health Care Professional Member Category:
1 – DR. PATRICIA GERBER
2 – DR. CHUANYI (JOHNNY) NIE
Organizational Member Category:
3 – JAIME MATTEN
Voting takes less than a minute! Here is what you need to know:
- To vote, you will need your PBC Policy Number and ID Number, which you can find on your PBC benefits card or in the PBC app. You’ll also need your birth date.
- If you have a First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) plan, this policy will take precedence in the voting system. For FNHA plan members, in the policy number field, enter 40000 and enter your Status Card number in the ID Number field. You’ll also need your birth date.
- Vote online by clicking here –> https://pbc.simplyvoting.com/
- If you have trouble voting, you can contact PBC for help during business hours at 604-419-2098
- You only have until Monday, June 17, at 4:30 pm to cast your vote.
Let’s make sure that PBC’s Board of Directors remains committed to prioritizing helping people over making profits.
In Solidarity,
Donald Grant
President
Jaime Matten
Jaime Matten’s entire career has focused on supporting progressive organizations in British Columbia, from small volunteer coalitions to complex labour federations. She is dedicated to strengthening the programs and services that make our province better. As the Executive Director for the BC Federation of Labour, she works with unions in every corner of the province and every sector of the economy to advance the rights of working people to fair wages, safer workplaces, good benefits, and economic security. She knows that workers around the province rely on extended health benefits from Pacific Blue Cross every day. Jaime wants to see the provision of critical services through a non-profit model continue to be PBC’s focus. She looks forward to being on a Board of Directors that continues to put people front and centre in their decision making.
Dr. Chuanyi (Johnny) Nie
Johnny Nie is an Emergency Physician at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. His professional interests include resuscitation simulation, teaching, and quality improvement, and he has research background in immunology and virology. At Royal Inland Hospital he is a Clinical Instructor for the Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC’s Faculty of Medicine. Johnny speaks Japanese, Mandarin, and English. Johnny has thorough knowledge of good governance and a deep passion for making a healthier community through access to a broad array of health services. Working in the emergency room at one of the busiest hospitals in the province, he regularly sees the impact that good extended health benefits can have on the health and well-being of everybody. Johnny will strengthen Pacific Blue Cross to ensure that all members can continue to benefit from its services for many years to come.
Dr. Patricia Gerber
Dr. Gerber is currently the Director of Degree Programs for Pharmacists at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, where she co-led the design, development, and implementation of three key programs that have significantly impacted the pharmacy profession: the entry-to-practice Doctor of Pharmacy degree program that launched in 2015 and the Flexible PharmD degree program which launched in 2018. Most recently, she led the design and development of the Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Leadership program that launched in 2024, the first of such programs in Canada. Dr. Gerber has published in several clinical and academic journals, has been an invited speaker in national and international conferences, and continues to serve in several national and international scholarly roles. Her excellence in teaching has seen her nominated for the Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award every year between 2020 and 2023. She has been a member of the Pacific Blue Cross Board of Directors since 2019. She is committed to ensuring that Pacific Blue Cross continues to be a source of reliable, high quality benefits supporting workers and residents in British Columbia. |