Hugh Adams, Board Member and Senior Advisor

Hugh has extensive experience in community service. He has been involved in the Lion International organization for over 30 years and currently serves as District Manager in Richmond Hill.

Siji Akinbobola, Board Member

Russell Chang, Chair and Treasurer

Russell is a dedicated husband, father of two beautiful children and enjoys giving back to the community. He has supported Project 99a from inception working in the background, and looks forward to contributing more on the Board.

Maria Chong Ton, Vice-President Caribbean

Maria Chong Ton is the Chief Executive Officer at Eve Anderson and has over 20 years experience in operations management and client relations. Prior to this, she was instrumental to developing Grace Kennedy (Trinidad and Tobago) Ltd., as Country Director, implementing its operations and managing the regulatory and compliance requirements. Maria was internationally recognized by Western Union for network development and cost management. She was also the recipient of a Kaizen award for process improvement.

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Vice-Presidents:  Events

Gurpreet is a Bank Manager with the TD Bank.  He recommends reading Scaling Up Excellence written by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao.

Josephine Vaccaro-Chang, Founder, Chief Literacy Ambassador and Acting Secretary

Josephine delivers interactive workshops to primary students based on books she has written and illustrated.