
Donna Hais
- Board Chair
- Nanaimo Port Authority
- https://npa.ca/
Donna Hais is the Owner and General Manager of R. W. (Bob) Wall Ltd., a leading commercial construction contractor on Vancouver Island. The company’s projects have included professional offices, hotels, pubs, restaurants, warehouses, retail spaces, apartment buildings, social housing projects, dental clinics, medical offices, surgical centres, schools, and churches. Special focus in the past number of years has been in the medical and dental community throughout Vancouver Island. In 2020, R. W. (Bob) Wall Ltd. won the Construction Leadership Award for Vancouver Island.
Donna is also the Owner and General Manager of Canadian Cache Development Corporation, a land development company which has been concentrating its efforts in creating a Hospital Campus in Nanaimo. This has been accomplished through the development of new infrastructure in and around the Hospital area, which is not strictly defined as medical offices, but rather answering the needs of a comprehensive Hospital Campus.
Donna serves as the Board Chair of the Nanaimo Port Authority from 2024-present and previously 2019-2023. She has served as President of the Nanaimo Executive Association and the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce. In 2014, Donna was awarded the Community Leader of the Year. Currently, Donna acts as Chair of the Fair Care Alliance and Community Liaison for the MSA (Medical Staff Association) with respect to the conversation on a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nanaimo, servicing all patients North of the Malahat. Donna also sits at the Mayors Leader Table.
Sessions
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Session #7: Host Port Spotlight — Collaboration and Community Engagement
Join the Port of Nanaimo and its partners for a panel discussion on the successes of authentic community engagement through free and informed consent and spirited teamwork. This is a catalyst for reconciliation, diversification, job creation in the local community, and co-operative economic development opportunities for BC and Canada.