Verna Chen is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in gift and estate planning, donor engagement, and stewardship within the nonprofit sector. Notable positions include Associate Vice President for both Gift & Estate Planning and Donor Engagement at Scarborough Health Network Foundation from July 2020 to September 2021, and Director of Stewardship and Legacy Giving at The Scarborough Hospital Foundation from November 2008 to October 2021. Previous roles include stewardship management at The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and research officer at the University of Toronto's Office of Advancement. Verna holds a Master of Library & Information Science from the University of Toronto and a Master of Arts in Linguistics from Beijing Foreign Languages University.
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Scarborough Health Network Foundation (SHN Foundation)
Situated in one of the most diverse communities in Canada, Scarborough Health Network Foundation (SHN Foundation) inspires the support necessary to improve patients’ lives through exceptional care at Scarborough Health Network across three hospitals and eight satellite sites. Since its inception, the Foundation has worked with generous donors, volunteers, and community members to raise funds needed to build state-of-the-art infrastructure and purchase the latest medical technology, supporting SHN’s vision to be Canada’s leading community teaching health network. The work of the SHN Foundation team rests upon four core values that each member embodies in their work and interactions with colleagues. These core values are Teamwork, Excellence, Accountability and Management.