Suzanne Solven, RPh
Suzanne Solven is the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer and brings over 25 years of leadership experience across a broad range of organizations within BC’s health system. Before joining the College as its Registrar and CEO, Suzanne has held various positions such as the Associate Vice President of Audit, Investigations and Quality Assurance at Pacific Blue Cross, where she led both the Fraud Investigation Branch and the Internal Audit Branch; as well as both Executive Director and Senior Pharmacist of the BC PharmaCare program. Suzanne also served as the College’s Deputy Registrar for over nine years.
Suzanne is a current member of the UBC Therapeutics Initiative Oversight committee and Ministry of Health Data Stewardship Committee, a past member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Prescription Review Panel, past Co-Chair of the National Pharmaceuticals Strategy, and past chair of the Advisory Committee on Pharmaceuticals, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health.
Heather Biggar
Heather Biggar is the Deputy Registrar of the College of Pharmacists of BC. Prior to joining this College, Heather has held leadership positions in health regulation for the past 15 years, with 12 years as Deputy Registrar of the College of Dental Hygienists of BC, and a period as Acting Registrar. Heather currently leads the Registration and Licensure, Conduct, Inquiry and Remediation, and the Practice Review Program and Quality Assurance Departments at CPBC.
Heather has a Bachelor of Dental Science Degree and a Master of Science in Oral Pathology from UBC as well as Certification in Change Management from the UBC Sauder School of Business. She has extensive experience in leading partnership engagements with varied objectives from national credentialing and assessment initiatives to local Indigenous-specific anti-racism efforts, developing influential relationships with partners both provincially and nationally.
Daryl Beckett, JD
Daryl Beckett is the Chief Legal Officer. He is a practising member of the Law Society of BC and has worked in the field of health profession regulation for 23 years. Before joining this College, he served for seven years as Legal Counsel in the Executive Office of the BC College of Nurses and Midwives and two of its predecessor colleges. Daryl was previously the Director of Professional Regulation in the BC Ministry of Health for more than 10 years, with responsibility for development and administration of the former Health Professions Act and for oversight of all health profession regulators in BC. He has also previously served as the Director of Legislation in the BC Ministry of Health.
Zachery Solomon, CPA, CRM
Zachery Solomon is the Chief Operating officer. Before joining the College, Zachery was the Director of Grants Administration at the Ministry of Government Relations in Regina, SK. Prior to that, he held the positions of Director of Finance and Property Management for 10 years with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment and the Executive Director of Finance and Infrastructure, Executive Director, Health Services and the Director of Finance for the Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority in Buffalo Narrows, SK.
Zachery is a Chartered Professional Accountant with a Canadian Risk Management designation. He also has a Master Certificate in systems design and project leadership from Cornell University, NY. He has over 20 years experience in leadership management and operations in various organizations including the health sector.