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Our Board

For the Community,
by the Community.

Meet the Black Opportunity Fund Board of Directors, a passionate and talented group of leaders.

Black Opportunity Fund

Board Chair

Ray Williams

Board Member Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Investment Committee Chair

Dennis Mitchell

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer Starlight Capital

Government Relations Committee Chair

Colin Lynch

Managing Director & Head of Alternative Investments TD Asset Management

Vice Chair & Grants Committee Chair

Donna Walwyn

Chief Executive Officer The Fairway Group

Communications & Marketing Committee Chair

Charmain Emerson

Senior Executive Counsel Cultured Communications

Director

Rustum Southwell

Founding & Interim CEO, Chancellor, Dalhousie University, Chair of FACE Coalition Black Business Initiative

Director

Velma McColl

Principal Earnscliffe Strategy Group Initiative

Health Working Group Co-Chair

Dr. Ato Sekyi-Otu

Orthopaedic Surgeon William Osler Health System

Capital & Sponsorship Committee Chair

Mark Attanasio

President Nocera Investment Corp System

Director

Lekan Olawoye

Founder and CEO Black Professionals in Tech Network Inc. (BPTN)

Governance & Nominations Committee Chair

Charmaine Crooks

President & CEO President, Canada Soccer Association NGU Consultants Inc.

Education Working Group Chair

Eleanor McIntosh

Superintendent of Education Halton District School Board

Health Working Group Co-Chair

Dr. Bukola Salami

Professor at the Faculty of Nursing University of Alberta

Director

Chima Nkemdirim

Vice President Government Relations Shaw Communications

Director

Dr. Jerome Cranston

Dean & Professor, Faculty of Education University of Regina

Finance & Audit Committee Chair

Dr. Francois De Paul Nkombou

CPA Auditor, CEO, Diaspo Finance Canada, Board of Directors; Treasurer; Chair – Audit Committee, Housing Office of the City of Laval, QC Diaspo Finance Canada

Community Outreach Committee Chair

Fiona O’Brien

Director of Marketing, Plant Based Food & Beverages Danone Canada

Director

Alfred Burgesson

Founder & CEO TribeNetwork

Director

Gouro Sall Diagne

Senior Executive Governance, risks and data, Board member MIGAN inc.

Director

Bukkie Adewuyi

VP, Internal Audit and Risk Advisory Aritzia
Resources and Counsel

Corporate Secretary

Juron Grant-Kinnear

Assistant Corporate Secretary & Lead, Legal Services, Enterprise Legal BMO Financial Group
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