Board of Directors
President 2008 - 2009
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 Senior Manager, 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.
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 skier and is 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
The 2008-2009 Board of Directors:
o Barbara Trieloff-Deane, President
o Hugh Graham, Vice President
o Don MacKinlay, Treasurer
o Margaret C. Haynes, Secretary
o Jessica Carrington, Immediate Past President
o Angela Giles, Director-at-Large
o Franklin Greaves, Chair – Finance
o Grant Morris, Director-at-Large
o Peggy Murray, Chair – Marketing, Barbados Charity Ball
o Douglas Stewart, Chair Sponsorship & Fundraising
Advisory Council:
o Joel Alleyne
o Harold Brathwaite
o Tony Brathwaite
o Norman Dash
o Marge Folkes
o Steve Kirton
o Jerry Kreindler
o Leroy McClean (Consul-General for Barbados at Toronto)
o Bill Trotter
o Ralph Weekes
Member Organizations:
o Barbados Ex-Police (Toronto) Inc
o Barbados Nurses Association of Canada (Toronto Chapter)
o Barbados Overseas Community-Canada
o Canadian Alleyne School Alumni Organization & Friends
o Foundation Association of Toronto
o Harrison-Queens College Alumni Association
o Modernite Association of Toronto
o St. Michael Alumni Association (Toronto) Inc.
Our Accomplishments - 2009
o 6th Annual Barbados Charity Ball – June 13th, 2009, 550 Guests
o Donated CAD$10,000.00 to UWI-HARP (The University of the West Indies HIV/AIDS Response Program)
o Granted scholarships totaling $25,000.00 to five students attending university and college in Canada
o Granted Canadian Friendship Scholarship to a student attending York University
o Awarded the 2nd annual Errol Walton Barrow Award to Dr. Juliet Daniel, Associate Professor, McMaster University
o Donated $3,500 through Barbados Consulate at Toronto, to a Barbadian youth attending college in Canada
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