The Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN) Foundation in Kitchener–Waterloo posted four senior fundraising roles to its careers portal in December 2024: Campaign Director, Director, Marketing & Campaigns, Major Gift Officer and Advancement Researcher. The listings appear on the WRHN Foundation careers page; however, the portal currently includes a notice that it is not accepting new applications at this time.
The new positions are intended to centralize donor programs from the former Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital foundations into a unified annual giving strategy as the hospitals move toward their April 1, 2025 legal merger. The Campaign Director role is intended to oversee campaign planning, and the Major Gift Officer will focus on securing large-scale donations to support medical equipment and facility priorities, according to the Foundation’s recruitment materials and the campaign planning brief.
The Foundation says the Director, Marketing & Campaigns will support campaign communications and digital outreach for its Building the Future of Care Together initiative, while an Advancement Researcher will concentrate on donor and prospect research to inform targeted appeals, including seasonal fundraising periods.
These hires follow a successful joint MRI fundraising drive that raised $10 million through a year‑long campaign run by the legacy foundations, an effort the organizations have cited as a proof of concept for working together. Tobi Day‑Hamilton, chair of the WRHN Foundation board, has described the consolidation of foundation teams as ‘an exciting moment for our region,’ and the Foundation says the newly formed fundraising team will support expanded capital fundraising for a new shared hospital facility.
Alongside these fundraising roles, the Foundation has posted a President & Chief Executive Officer position; applications for that executive search are due August 20, 2025. The Foundation describes its recruitment as a multi‑phase approach intended to sustain fundraising momentum through the merger and into a longer-term capital campaign.
