Martha Piper

Martha C. Piper
Piper (left) in 2015
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia
In office 1997 – July 1, 2006
Preceded by	David Strangway
Succeeded by	Stephen Toope
Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia
In office September 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by	Arvind Gupta
Succeeded by	David H. Farrar
Personal details
Born	(1945-11-27) November 27, 1945 (age 78) Lorain, Ohio
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Michigan University of Connecticut McGill University
Occupation	Academic administrator

Martha C. Piper OC OBC is a Canadian academic administrator who was the president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia (UBC) from 1997 until 2006. She was the 11th person and the first woman to serve as president of UBC. Having been born in Lorain, Ohio, she is also the first person born outside Canada to have held the position. She is a Canadian citizen and was made an officer of the Order of Canada in 2002. Her contract with UBC stipulated a salary of $350,000 plus incentive payments of up to $50,000 per year upon meeting the performance goals set by the Board of Governors.^[1]

Stephen Toope replaced Piper as president of UBC on July 1, 2006. In August 2015, UBC announced that Piper had been appointed as interim president, to serve from September 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016, while "the university conducts a comprehensive, global search for a new leader" following the sudden resignation of Toope's successor Arvind Gupta. Santa J. Ono was later selected to serve as UBC's fifteenth president and vice-chancellor.^[2]

Piper currently sits on numerous boards in Canada, including for the Bank of Montreal, Shoppers Drug Mart and the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education.^[3][4][5]