2011 - 2012 Board of Directors
In the photo above taken at the 2011 Barbados Charity Ball, from left to right, are: Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane - President, Steve Kirton - Chair Fundraising, Hugh Graham - Vice President, Nicole Carrington - Assistant Treasurer, Grant Morris - Chair Barbados Charity Ball, Margaret C. Haynes - Secretary and Chair Scholarship Program, Jessica Carrington, Dr. Julia Alleyne, Donald MacKinlay - Treasurer, Dr. Orlena Broomes, Franklin Greaves (now Advisory Council member), Peggy Murray. Absent are: Angela Giles and Douglas Stewart.
President:
Dr Barbara Trieloff-Deane, President 2011-2012
Barbara Trieloff-Deane grew up in Christ Church, Barbados and attended Mrs. Scott’s Primary School, Codrington High School and Queen’s College before going on to McMaster University, Canada, where she earned a Double Honours in French and English, a Master of Arts and a PhD in English. Dr. Trieloff-Deane is also a Certified Financial Planner, Financial Management Advisor and Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.
Dr. Trieloff-Deane is currently Director, CIBC Retail Markets Training & Development and was previously General Manager-Imperial Service and Director-Commercial Banking at CIBC. She has been a conference speaker, on language and theatre, in France, U.K., and Canada and most recently in the U.S., spoke on financial planning for not-for-profits at the Canadian Association of Financial Planners 2008 national conference and at the Financial Planners Standards Educator Conference 2011.
An active volunteer, Dr. Trieloff-Deane served on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of York, was a mentor at Covenant House and a member of the United Way Speakers Bureau.
Dr. Trieloff-Deane is an avid rower with the Argonauts Rowing Club; a certified ski instructor and a member of the Osler Bluff Ski Club. She is also an equestrian and accomplished Squash player, having captained the Barbados Show Jumping Team and been a team member of the Varsity Squash Team at McMaster University.
Advisory Council:
Member Organizations:
Dr. Trieloff-Deane is currently Director, CIBC Retail Markets Training & Development and was previously General Manager-Imperial Service and Director-Commercial Banking at CIBC. She has been a conference speaker, on language and theatre, in France, U.K., and Canada and most recently in the U.S., spoke on financial planning for not-for-profits at the Canadian Association of Financial Planners 2008 national conference and at the Financial Planners Standards Educator Conference 2011.
An active volunteer, Dr. Trieloff-Deane served on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of York, was a mentor at Covenant House and a member of the United Way Speakers Bureau.
Dr. Trieloff-Deane is an avid rower with the Argonauts Rowing Club; a certified ski instructor and a member of the Osler Bluff Ski Club. She is also an equestrian and accomplished Squash player, having captained the Barbados Show Jumping Team and been a team member of the Varsity Squash Team at McMaster University.
Advisory Council:
- Joel Alleyne
- Harold Brathwaite
- Norman Dash
- Marge Folkes
- Franklin Greaves, Barbados Representative
- Steve Kirton
- Jerry Kreindler
- Dr. Leroy McClean, Consul-General for Barbados at Toronto
- Margaret Osbourne, Barbados Representative
- Ralph Weekes
Member Organizations:
- Barbados Ex-Police (Toronto) Inc.
- Barbados Nurses Association of Canada (Toronto Chapter)
- Barbados Overseas Community-Canada
- Canadian Alleyne School Alumni Organization & Friends
- Foundation Association of Toronto
- Harrison-Queens College Alumni Association
- Modernite Association of Toronto
- St. Michael Alumni Association (Toronto) Inc.
Our Accomplishments - 2010
To date we have made donations in excess of $100,000, providing dialysis equipment to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados, scholarships to students attending university and college in Canada, gifts to aids organizations in Barbados and Canada and to the University of the West Indies; and support to Barbadians in need.
Past Presidents
2004 - 2005
Kim Gittens
Kim Griffith (nee Gittens) was the first President of Barbados Ball Canada Aid. She was also Chair of the Finance Committee for the inaugural Barbados Charity Ball held in 2004.
Barbadian by descent, Kim was born and raised in Toronto. On graduating from high school she was awarded several scholarships, including the Harry Jerome Scholarship and the Leon C. Bynoe Memorial Scholarship and graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours Chartered Accountancy Studies). A Canadian Chartered Accountant since 1995, Kim started her professional career at Ernst & Young. She subsequently moved into industry and held various senior financial and risk management roles at several large Canadian organizations, including Shoppers Drug Mart, Hudson's Bay Company and Rogers Broadcasting Limited.
Kim has lived in Bermuda since January 2005 and is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administration Officer of a major wholesale and retail organization in Bermuda.
In addition to volunteering with Barbados Ball Canada Aid, Kim also served for a number of years as Treasurer of Across Boundaries, an ethno-racial community mental health centre in Toronto. She is currently a member of the Anglican Cathedral in Bermuda and serves as a committee member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda.
Barbadian by descent, Kim was born and raised in Toronto. On graduating from high school she was awarded several scholarships, including the Harry Jerome Scholarship and the Leon C. Bynoe Memorial Scholarship and graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours Chartered Accountancy Studies). A Canadian Chartered Accountant since 1995, Kim started her professional career at Ernst & Young. She subsequently moved into industry and held various senior financial and risk management roles at several large Canadian organizations, including Shoppers Drug Mart, Hudson's Bay Company and Rogers Broadcasting Limited.
Kim has lived in Bermuda since January 2005 and is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administration Officer of a major wholesale and retail organization in Bermuda.
In addition to volunteering with Barbados Ball Canada Aid, Kim also served for a number of years as Treasurer of Across Boundaries, an ethno-racial community mental health centre in Toronto. She is currently a member of the Anglican Cathedral in Bermuda and serves as a committee member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda.
2005 - 2006
John Rollock (1944 - 2009
The late John Rollock was a career civil servant in the Government of Ontario, where he held the post of Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Information Officer for the Justice Cluster of the Ministries of the Attorney General, Solicitor General and Correctional Services.After retiring from the Government, John continued to work as a consultant in the Information Technology field until his sudden death in 2009.
John was a founding member of Barbados Ball Canada Aid (BBCA) and a driving force on the BBCA's board. In addition, he was a member of the board of Centennial College and the Harrison-Queen's Alumni Association, where he was the chair of the Communications Committee.
In John's memory and appreciation of his substantial contributions to the BBCA, our scholarship program will be renamed "The John Rollock Memorial Scholarships", effective January 2012.
John was a founding member of Barbados Ball Canada Aid (BBCA) and a driving force on the BBCA's board. In addition, he was a member of the board of Centennial College and the Harrison-Queen's Alumni Association, where he was the chair of the Communications Committee.
In John's memory and appreciation of his substantial contributions to the BBCA, our scholarship program will be renamed "The John Rollock Memorial Scholarships", effective January 2012.
2007 - 2008
Jessica Carrington
Jessica Carrington has been a member of Barbados Ball Canada Aid's (BBCA) board of directors since BBCA's inception in 2004. She served as president in 2007 and 2008 and continues to play an active role on the Board and in the organizing of BBCA's annual Barbados Charity Ball.
President of Barbados Overseas Community Canada from 1997 to date, she is a past president of the National Council pf Barbadian Associations Canada (NCBAC) and is currently the Women's Representative on NCBAC's board.
Jessica retired from the Toronto Transit Commission in 1998 after 30 years of service and went on to be an independent financial services representative for a major financial services provider. She is married and has two children.
President of Barbados Overseas Community Canada from 1997 to date, she is a past president of the National Council pf Barbadian Associations Canada (NCBAC) and is currently the Women's Representative on NCBAC's board.
Jessica retired from the Toronto Transit Commission in 1998 after 30 years of service and went on to be an independent financial services representative for a major financial services provider. She is married and has two children.
Board of Directors - 2004 to Present
2004: Kim Gittens (President), Diana Massiah (Secretary), Steve Kirton (Treasurer), Jessica Carrington, Franklin Greaves, Grant Morris,
Peggy Murray, John Rollock.
2005: John Rollock (President), Diana Massiah (Secretary), Steve Kirton (Treasurer), Elaine Baird, Jessica Carrington, Franklin Greaves,
Grant Morris, Peggy Murray.
2006: John Rollock (President), Steve Kirton (Treasurer), Franklin Greaves, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, John Rollock.
2007: Jessica Carrington (President), Kennedy Marshall (Treasurer), Franklin Greaves, Steve Kirton, Peggy Murray.
2008: Jessica Carrington (President), Diana Massiah (Vice President), Donald MacKinlay (Treasurer), Jessica Carrington, Veronica
Coombes, Angela Giles, Hugh Graham, Franklin Greaves, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane, Gloria Went.
2009: Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane (President), Diana Massiah (Vice President), Donald MacKinlay (Treasurer), Jessica Carrington, Angela Giles,
Hugh Graham, Franklin Greaves, Margaret C. Haynes, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, Douglas Stewart.
2010: Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane (President), Hugh Graham (Vice President), Margaret C. Haynes (Secretary), Donald MacKinlay (Treasurer),
Jessica Carrington, Nicole Carrington, Angela Giles, Franklin Greaves, Steve Kirton, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, Douglas Stewart.
2011: Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane (President), Hugh Graham (Vice President), Margaret C. Haynes (Secretary), Donald MacKinlay (Treasurer),
Nicole Carrington (Assistant Treasurer), Dr. Julia Alleyne, Dr. Orlena Broomes, Jessica Carrington, Angela Giles, Franklin Greaves, Steve
Kirton, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, Douglas Stewart.
Peggy Murray, John Rollock.
2005: John Rollock (President), Diana Massiah (Secretary), Steve Kirton (Treasurer), Elaine Baird, Jessica Carrington, Franklin Greaves,
Grant Morris, Peggy Murray.
2006: John Rollock (President), Steve Kirton (Treasurer), Franklin Greaves, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, John Rollock.
2007: Jessica Carrington (President), Kennedy Marshall (Treasurer), Franklin Greaves, Steve Kirton, Peggy Murray.
2008: Jessica Carrington (President), Diana Massiah (Vice President), Donald MacKinlay (Treasurer), Jessica Carrington, Veronica
Coombes, Angela Giles, Hugh Graham, Franklin Greaves, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane, Gloria Went.
2009: Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane (President), Diana Massiah (Vice President), Donald MacKinlay (Treasurer), Jessica Carrington, Angela Giles,
Hugh Graham, Franklin Greaves, Margaret C. Haynes, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, Douglas Stewart.
2010: Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane (President), Hugh Graham (Vice President), Margaret C. Haynes (Secretary), Donald MacKinlay (Treasurer),
Jessica Carrington, Nicole Carrington, Angela Giles, Franklin Greaves, Steve Kirton, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, Douglas Stewart.
2011: Dr. Barbara Trieloff-Deane (President), Hugh Graham (Vice President), Margaret C. Haynes (Secretary), Donald MacKinlay (Treasurer),
Nicole Carrington (Assistant Treasurer), Dr. Julia Alleyne, Dr. Orlena Broomes, Jessica Carrington, Angela Giles, Franklin Greaves, Steve
Kirton, Grant Morris, Peggy Murray, Douglas Stewart.
