Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees

The BBPA National Scholarship Program 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 Program. Members of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the Board of Directors of the Black Business and Professional Association. The Trustees are:

Chair
Mr. Edmund DelSol

• Ms. Jenny Gumbs
  Former, Consul General to Toronto, Grenada; President of Tropicana Community Services
• Dr. George Dei
  Professor- Department of Sociology & Equity Studies in Education
• Ms. Itah Sadu
  Owner of a Different Booklist, Community Advocate
• Ms. Joy Bullen
  Former Banker: Marketing Consultant; Fundraising Consultant
• Dr. Laura Mae Lindo
  Director, Equity and Diversity, Wilfred Laurier University , Ontario
• Mr. Ken Thomas
  Division Director, Investors Group Former
• Mr. Michael Pinnock
  Treasurer, Black Business and Professional Association
• Ms. Nadine Spencer
  President, 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