Founder & CEO
Jackee Kasandy
Former Founding Board MemberSpeaks on: Black entrepreneurship · Supplier diversity · Building national infrastructure
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The people behind BEBC.
Founder & CEO Jackee Kasandy. 5 board members. 3 national advisors. A growing programs team. All Black-led.
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Director of Programs & Strategic Partnerships
Candace Lauren
Former Founding Board MemberSpeaks on: Program design · Strategic partnerships · Black business ecosystem building
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5 board members.
Governance, financial oversight, strategic direction. Procurement, finance, legal, and Black entrepreneurship expertise.
Judith Bosire
Board Chair · Founding Director
Peter Mwariga
Founding Director
Eric Pilgrim
Founding Director
Shawnnette Fraser
Director
Sotonye Godwin-Hart
Director
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
3 national advisors.
Sector expertise across procurement, capital, federal policy, supplier diversity, and Black entrepreneurship lineage.
Dr. Rustum Southwell
Founder Mentor
BBI — 30 years of Black business infrastructure
Karen Carrington
Mentor, Financial Literacy
Branch Manager (University of Toronto), RBC Royal Bank
Al Ramsay
Advisor, BEBC Supplier Council Board
PROGRAMS & OPERATIONS TEAM
The team running it day-to-day.
Programs delivery · Council operations · Communications · Research.
Cheska S.
Marketing Strategist & Technology Lead
Noran Abdalla
Lead, Entrepreneurship & Newcomer Financial Literacy Program
Jen T.
Events Manager, Finance & Operations
Diacre Bayishime
Programs Facilitator, Procurement & Certification Readiness Course | Loan Program Advisor
Wambui Kinoti
Facilitator & Coordinator, Corporate Partnerships
Patricia Mbusiro
Programs Administrator
Vivian W. Kirori
Programs Administrator