Founding Members
The original Executive Committee represented four Universities located in four of the five Provincial Health Authorities.
- B. Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC (Chair), Dept. of Geriatrics, UBC - Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
- Gloria Gutman, PhD, Geronotology Research Centre, SFU - Fraser Health Authority
- Dawn Hemingway, MSc, MSW, Dept. of Social Work, UNBC - Northern Health Authority
- David Hultsch, Centre on Aging, UVIC - Vancouver Island Health Authority
- Andrew Wister, PhD, Dept. of Gerontology, SFU - Fraser Health Authority

BCNAR Founding Members: (January 2005)
Back row: (left to right): Dawn Hemingway, MSc, MSW, RSW; Assistant Professor, Social Work, UNBC; David Hultsch, PhD; Director, Centre on Aging, UVIC;
Front row: BCNAR Executive; Gloria Gutman, PhD; President, International Assoc. of Gerontology & Professor & Director, Gerontology Research Centre, SFU; Andrew Wister, PhD; Professor & Chair, Dept. of Gerontology SFU; B Lynn Beattie, MD, FRCPC; Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, UBC (Chair of Executive Committee)