The Board of Trustees

The BBPA National Scholarship Fund is managed by a group of professionals who volunteer their time and energy to ensure that qualified students in our community gain the benefits of the Fund. Members of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the Board of Directors of the Black Business and Professional Association. The Trustees are:

• Mr. Alex Nosa Ihama (Chair, Scholarship Fundraising Committee)
  Senior Manager, Performance Measurement & MIS CIBC Global Operations & INTRIA, Business Transformation Control
• Mr. Guillermo Mena
  President & CEO, Usaquen Associates
• Dr. Miriam Rossi
  Physician and Professor, University of Toronto
• Mr. Howard Shaw
  Owner, Caribbean Direct Distributions
• Dr. George Dei
  Professor- Department of Sociology & Equity Studies in Education
• Dr. Barnabas Emenogu
  Manager, Education Statistics and Analysis Branch, Ministry of Education
• Ms. Itah Sadu
  Owner of a Different Booklist, Community Advocate
• Mr. Trevor Massey
  Retiree, Former Director of Centennial College
• Ms. Pauline Christian
  President, Black Business and Professional Association
• Mr. Alvin Lee
  Treasurer, Black Business and Professional Association

Advisor

• Terrie-Lynne Devonish, Chief Counsel, AON Hewitt Canada
• Dr. Edith Mae Guntley-Lorimer, Family Physician
  

Founders

• Pamela Appelt
• Wayne Burnett
• Kamala-Jean Gopie
• Hamlin Grange
• The Late Beverley Mascoll
• Cynthia Reyes
• Sheila Simpson