About BBI

BBI Committee Listing

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

Executive Committee

1. Greg Browning (Chair)
2. Candace Thomas (Vice Chair)
3. Andrew Oppong (Treasurer)
4. Shirley Robinson-Levering (Secretary)
5. Rustum Southwell (CEO/Ex-Officio)

Finance Committee:

1. Dr. Andrew Oppong (Chair)
2. Candace Thomas (Vice Chair)
3. Pat Ryan
4. Chuck Smith
5. Rustum Southwell (CEO/Ex-Officio)

Lending Committee:

1. Candace Thomas (Chair)
2. Rustum Southwell (Vice-Chair)
3. Dr. Andrews Oppong
4. Shirley Robinson-Levering
5. Milton Williams
6. Greg Browning
7. Jocelyne Dorrington

Governance Committee:

1. Greg Browning (Chair)
2. Candace Thomas
3. Rustum Southwell (Ex-Officio)
4. Dr. Andrews Oppong
5. Chuck Smith
6. Eleanor Beaton

BBI Site Committee (Ad Hoc):

1. Greg Browning (Chair)
2. Rustum Southwell (Ex-Officio)
3. Cassandra Dorrington
4. Milton Williams
5. Robert Browning
6. Cynthia Dorrington
7. Garnett Wright
8. Gordon Tynes (Consultant/ADEPA)

Services Committee;

1. Jocelyn Dorrington (Chair)
2. Rustum Southwell (Ex-Officio)
3. Milton Williams
4. Bruce Johnson

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. Paul Walter (Chair)
2. Rustum Southwell (Vice-Chair)
3. Yemi Akindoju (Treasurer)
4. Gordon Doe
5. Jeff Somerville
6. Carlo Simmons
7. Barbara Manning
8. Gordon Tynes (Consultant)
9. Milton Williams
10. Rudolph Ffrench

Black Business Community Investment Fund Board of Directors:

1. Pemberton Cyrus (Chair)
2. Tom Boyd (Vice Chair)
3. David Eisnor (Treasurer)
4. Geraldine Browning
5. Greg Browning
6. Sylvia Parris
7. Funmi Joseph
8. Joseph Parris
9. Robinah Kakembo
10. Rustum Southwell
11. Paul Walter

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. Jennifer Price
8. Robert Browning
9. Tracey Thomas