About BCF

BCF Board Chair Fiona Jones is pleased to welcome the Honourable Ken Hughes to the Board of Directors of the Bow Valley’s community foundation.

Ken is an entrepreneur and community leader. Elected at age 34 to the House of Commons of Canada, he served as Chair of the Aboriginal Affairs Committee, and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister. Ken was the first Chair of the Board of Alberta Health Services, creating Canada’s largest health delivery service, leading through early years of development. In 2012, Hughes was elected to the Legislature of Alberta, appointed Minister of Energy, and led the creation of the Alberta Energy Regulator. Subsequently, as Minister of Municipal Affairs, he led the resolution of Disaster Recovery Assistance claims for nearly 10,000 Albertan families recovering from the floods of 2013. In September 2014, he returned to private life.