Director of Finance: Rod Krips
A Saskatchewan native, Rod and his family moved to Alberta in 1972 to take a position as the accountant at Seton General Hospital in Jasper.
In 1975 Rod accepted the position of Administrator at the Viking General Hospital where he was involved in the planning, construction and commissioning of the new 32-bed acute care hospital which opened in 1981. In addition to administering the Viking General Hospital, Rod took over the administration of the Daysland General Hospital in 1994. He continued to look after both facilities until the spring of 1995 – the year of hospital regionalization. A career change took Rod to Municipal Administration where he spent 23 years administrating the Town of Viking (16 years) and the Town of Daysland (8 years.)
After the passing of Rod’s wife Ellen, Rod was fortunate to be able to enroll in several Camrose Hospice Society programs, such as one-on-one counseling, the men’s cooking circle, the grief companioning program and has attended grief and bereavement workshops.