About BBI

BBI Committee Listing

The BBI has several committees that address specific areas of function and interest. They include:

Executive Committee

1. Cassandra Dorrington (Chair)
2. Joe Parris (Vice Chair)
3. Greg Browning (Treasurer)
4. Shirley Robinson-Levering (Secretary)
5. Rustum Southwell (Ex-Officio)
6. Roselyne Orengo*

* denotes BBI staff resource

Finance Committee:

1. Greg Browning (Chair)
2. Candace Thomas
3. Pat Ryan
4. Chuck Smith
5. Dr Andrews Oppong
6. Rustum Southwell (Ex-Officio)
7. Idy Fashoranti*
8. Accounting Assistant*

* denotes BBI staff resource

Evaluation Committee (Ad Hoc):

1. Dr. Rudolph Ffrench (Chair)
2. Brian Watson - Department of Economic Development
3. Mike Hayes - ACOA
4. Cassandra Dorrington
5. Rustum Southwell (Ex-Officio)
6. Idy Fashoranti*
7. Roselyne Orengo*

* denotes BBI staff resource

Governance Committee:

1. Cassandra Dorrington (Chair)
2. Candace Thomas
3. Rustum Southwell (Ex-Officio)
4. Dr. Andrews Oppong
5. Roselyne Orengo*

* denotes BBI staff resource

BBI Site Committee (Ad Hoc):

1. Cassandra Dorrington (Chair)
2. Rustum Southwell (Ex-Officio)
3. Milton Williams
4. Gordon Tynes (Consultant/ADEPA)
5. Gordon Doe*
6. Roselyne Orengo*

* denotes BBI staff resource

Training Committee;

1. Jocelyn Dorrington (Chair)
2. Rustum Southwell* (Ex-Officio)
3. Milton Williams
4. Board Member
5. Director, Client Development*
6. Dorothy Fletcher*

* denotes BBI staff resource

As part of the BBI's sustainable, composite business model, Black Business Consulting, the "Fund", and Business is Jammin' have been organized with their own individual Board of Directors that oversee the objectives and operations of each group.

Black Business Consulting Board of Directors:

1. Rudolph Ffrench (Chair)
2. Rustum Southwell (Vice-Chair)
3. Paul Walter (Secretary)
4. Gordon Doe
5. Jeff Somerville
6. Carlo Simmons
7. Barbara Manning
8. Gordon Tynes (Consultant)

Black Business Community Investment Fund Board of Directors:

1. Tom Boyd (Chair)
2. Geraldine Browning
3. Greg Browning
4. Pemberton Cyrus (Vice Chair)
5. Idy Fashoranti (Treasurer)
6. Lynne Jones (Secretary)
7. Funmi Joseph
8. Joseph Parris
9. Barbara Simmons
10. Rustum Southwell
11. Paul Walter
12. Gordon Doe*

Business is Jammin' Board of Directors:

1. Joseph Parris (Chair)
2. Rustum Southwell (Vice-Chair)
3. Milton Williams (Secretary)
4. Jocelyn Dorrington
5. Bruce Johnson
6. George Ash
7. Jeanne Sumbu
8. Robert Browning
9. Tracey Thomas