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Jim Spatz
A respected Halifax business leader, philanthropist and former emergency room physician, Jim Spatz joined his family's business in 1987 and is currently Executive Chairman of Southwest Properties Ltd.
Jim has made it a priority to give back to his community through support of many Nova Scotian institutions that are involved in education, culture, healthcare, youth and the environment.
He credits his parents, Holocaust survivors who emigrated to Canada in 1950, for instilling values including the importance of giving back to one's community in meaningful, caring ways in gratitude for the freedom and opportunities Canada presented the Spatz family.
Jim served on the Board of Governors of Dalhousie University from 2001 - 2015 and was Dalhousie's Board Chair from 2008 - 2014. He has also volunteered his time on the Premier's Council on the Economy in 2010, chaired the New Neptune Committee from its inception to the opening of the New Neptune Theatre, and has put himself on the "hot seat" for many charitable events such a Different Stage of Mind for the Mental Health Foundation and the Arthritis Society's Celebrity Roast.
He supported Dalhousie University with the lead gift that established the Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies, and Mount St. Vincent University through the Riva Spatz Women's Wall of Honour, the garden centerpiece of the Margaret Norrie McCain Centre for Teaching, Learning and Research. Jim has also supported the IWK Health Centre, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Canadian Red Cross, Neptune Theatre, Citadel Theatre Society and its Spatz Theatre, the Canadian Museum for Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax Public Library, the YMCA and the Atlantic Jewish Council.
Spatz currently serves as a director for the Halifax Port Authority, is a founding partner and fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab – Atlantic, and is a lifetime director of Neptune Theatre.
In 2010, he was inducted by Atlantic Business magazine into its Hall of Fame and in 2015 was honored as Top CEO in Atlantic Canada. Jim Spatz and his father were inducted to the Nova Scotia Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame in 2007. He was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013. In November 2018 Jim was named Canada's Most Admired CEO in the Mid-market Category.
In 2019, Spatz will accept the Canadian Red Cross Humanitarian Award-the award celebrates those whose volunteerism, advocacy or philanthropy and leadership inspires others to pursue humanitarian goals consistent with the fundamental principles of the Red Cross.
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