Directors of BCUEDA

Gary C. Bizzo, President, BC Urban Entrepreneur Development Association (BCUEDA)

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Business & Economic Development Centre
Email: garybizzo@success.bc.ca
Phone: 604-639-5576 (Direct line)
Fax: 604-732-9818

Gary C. Bizzo has 25 years of marketing, management and internet experience primarily in a Project Management role.

Mr. Bizzo is currently Program Manager of the Self Employment Program, a provincial government funded initiative, for S.U.C.C.E.S.S. In that role he is responsible for the development and implementation of business development modules to entrepreneurs.

Before joining S.U.C.C.E.S.S., Mr. Bizzo operated Immediacy Communications, a media production and marketing consulting company. He is CEO of Minds Online, a web based training development company. He also was a strategic marketing planning consultant working with Virtual Perception Systems, a Richmond Security software corporation.

He is an Associate Producer of MangoVibe, a Channel M television program, where he offers on-air business advice to entrepreneurs.

Mr. Bizzo is an expert in the coupling of traditional strategic marketing and planning techniques with innovative new media resources. This diversification has been successful in part in his ability to study each client's operation, understand their business model and provide unique development tools that would improve their business.

Mr. Bizzo is experienced in identifying and analyzing product markets, strategic market development, developing market information systems and system design and implementation

Currently pursuing an Executive M.B.A. (Marketing) degree, Mr. Bizzo holds a B.A. in Psychology and has conducted advanced work in law, management theory, internet marketing, internet reverse engineering and organizational management theory.

Mr .Bizzo is also Director of The Young Men's Society of BC, member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, The Fraser Institute, the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Society, Small Business Council of BC and C.I.R.A. (Canadian Internet Registration Authority).

Donna McFadden, Vice President, BCUEDA

Toward Excellence Inc.
Email: donna@towardexcellence.com
Phone: 778-297-5395
Fax: 778-297-5396

Donna has been successfully self-employed for twenty years. She currently owns two incorporated companies, has had a partnership and has worked as a sole proprietor.

Donna brings a broad perspective to entrepreneurship. She was actively involved in community services, setting up and managing service agencies and has launched a community newspaper. She has worked in the counseling arena - both as a service provider and a manager. She has done a Master's program in designing and managing organizational change through Antioch University, Seattle, WA. Donna has also worked in management and sales within the financial industry.

Her passion is designing and facilitating processes and programs that help people realize and then actualize their potential.

Donna's own personal entry into self-employment was sparked by the fact that she was innovative and set high standards for herself and those around her. She realized early on that the best way for her to create a context where she could consistently deliver excellence was to have the freedom to design and develop the appropriate environment and set the bar high. Entrepreneurship was the key!

Donna believes that everyone has the ability to create the life of his or her dreams. That is at the heart of everything that Toward Excellence Consulting Inc., her own business, is about.

Suzanne Vaudrin, Treasurer, BCUEDA

Éducacentre College
Email: suzannevaudrin@educacentre.com
Tel: 604-708-5100 ext 341

Geraldine Megannety, Secretary, BCUEDA

BCIT
Email: Geraldine_Megannety@bcit.ca

Kofi Ohene-Asante, Director

Langara College
Email: sep@langara.bc.ca

Kofi Ohene-Asante, has been with Langara College since 1995, managing their Self-Employment Program. Before coming to Langara College, he spent seven years with the YMCA as director of the entrepreneur development program (now Self-employment Program).

Kofi has a master's degree in business and worked for a number of financial institutions including the Royal Bank and Sun Life in the early 1980's. He also ran an importation business in the mid 1980 and now has a consulting business, Tessko International Management Group. He also serves as a Board of Director on two international companies, Canadian National Education Exchange Centre and Vanform Canada (Bio-medical and Technology). He is also a contributing editor to the SUCCESS, a magazine for the BC Immigrants.

Monika Verma, Director Director, BCUEDA

SEEDS
Email: mverma@seedsbdc.com

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. I believe and want to empower others to believe in themselves." ~ Monika

Monika has been practical, entrepreneurial and innovative in her thinking, with many programs and projects launched in the Lower Mainland. She has managed retail stores, manufacturing plant and has been an instrumental part of PICS and Rainbow Community Health Co-op's growth managing diverse projects for the past 7 years before coming to SEEDS. In her role as Executive Director, Monika assumes a leadership role in her community as it relates to supporting the development of entrepreneurs. Her strategy is to target the disadvantaged groups such as Immigrants, Youth-at-Risk, First Nation People, Persons with Disabilities and Women. Her expertise and leadership have been recognized by the broader community. She is involved in many committees and organizations and is closely connected with the local community.

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