Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation

Short Bio: Andrew Otway

Andrew Otway joined the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation (RAHF) in 1997, and became President and CEO in 2000.  Earlier in his career he spent five years in the NWT as Manager for Public Housing in Iqaluit.  He received his CFRE designation in 2001.

A graduate of the University of Alberta (B.Comm), he completed his MBA in 2014.

During his 20+ years with the RAHF, Otway has lead capital campaigns for the new Lois Hole Hospital for Women, the CK Hui Heart Centre, the Eye Institute of Alberta, and the innovative Inner City Health and Wellness Program. 

Otway currently sits as a Governor for the Women’s and Children’s Health Research Institute (University of Alberta) and as Chair for the Oversight Board for the Inner City Health and Wellness Program (Alberta Health Services).

In 2015 he was appointed by the Minister of Health as a public member to the Mental Health Review Panel for northern Alberta.

He is a proud member of the Conference Board of Canada – National Council of Foundation Executives, and in 2017 he joined the Board for the Fort Edmonton Foundation.

Short Bio: Kim Shulha

Kim Shulha has been a Board Member of the Foundation since 2015. She currently chairs the Communications and External Relations Committee, and was the co-Chair of the Eye Institute of Alberta Fundraising Campaign.

Kim is a government relations professional with extensive experience across many sectors; she currently advises the multinational pharmaceutical company, Novartis, on the western Canadian healthcare environment.

Kim was born and raised in Edmonton, and is a graduate of the Neurosciences program at the University of Alberta. She is mother to a busy 10 year old boy, who she proudly shuttles around to hockey, football, and baseball, when they are not enjoying skiing or mountain biking in Fernie.