Saskatoon City Councillor Troy Davies has been named the new CEO of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation and says he has big shoes to fill. Davies points out that Brynn Boback-Lane, who has been raising money for the children’s hospital for 25 years, started with one staff and fast forward there’s a 250-million-dollar hospital that has been built dedicated to children’s health.  He says his goal is to make this the 2.0 vision and make sure there is top quality care for pediatrics in Saskatchewan.

Davies says this is close to his heart after having been a paramedic on the street having to fly kids to Edmonton because the care wasn’t available in Saskatchewan.

“Working as a paramedic on the street for years that I was on the street prior to take on the Media role. You know I’ve been on the side of flying kids to Edmonton because we didn’t have the hospital here at that time back in the early 2000’s and taking sick kids out of the province. To see where we’ve come now having these procedures and these doctors and this hospital in our province to not have to transport those kids outside of the province. And secondly having those pediatrics available to us, here, in our province is huge for me. And that’s my passion and that’s why I’ve chosen to make a move late in life.”

Having been just re-elected to serve on Saskatoon City Council Troy Davies says he has committed to the residents in Ward 4 and the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Board has supported him in that role as well.

He is also the Founder and Board Chair of Synergy 8 Community Builders which in 15 years through fundraising and partnering in the community they have brought numerous initiatives to a successful conclusion including the purchase of the Saskatoon Tribal Council Health Bus, a pediatric ultrasound, two pediatric ambulances and another Mobile Health Bus.

Davies will take over as Chief Executive Officer effective January 2, 2025.