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Nadine Ann Marie Spencer is a Jamaican-born Canadian businesswoman, activist and philanthropist. She is the chief executive officer of BrandEq Agency, a marketing and communications agency and CEO of the Black Business and Professional Association (the "BBPA").[1] [2]
Early life
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Spencer grew up in Kingston, Jamaica , and emigrated to Toronto, Canada at the age of 12. She graduated from York University with an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science in 1987.[3]
Career
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Spencer has owned several businesses in the antique, food, and marketing field. She also created "T he Food Network Presents: The Delicious Food Show ", which featured celebrity chefs Padma Lakshmi , Colin Cowie, Lynn Crawford , Mark McEwan , and David Rocco .
She is currently the chief executive officer of BrandEQ Group Inc[4] and the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA).[5]
Spencer is also serves on York University's Board of Governors as of May 2021.[6]
Business and DEI
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Spencer is a significant contributor on topics such as business, women, and diversity.[7] She has participated in discussions with the White House on issues related to anti-discrimination and equity for women and girls of colour.[8]
Spencer has been featured in The New York Times , Bloomberg , Women's Post , The Toronto Star , The Toronto Sun and other trade journals, as well as TV appearances that include Breakfast Television , City-Line and PBS ’s Find! .[9]
She is featured on the Successful Black Women Entrepreneurs & Executives list, along with Oprah Winfrey , Michele J. Hooper and Michelle Gadsden-Williams.[10] [11]
Awards
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Spencer has won numerous awards for her achievements, including:[12]
The UN Volunteer Award
Harry Jerome Award for Business
Dale Carnegie Highest Achievement Award for Public Speaking
Investigations
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In June 2024, CBC presented evidence of falsified records of fabricated employees of Nadines Company BrandEQ. Nadine at this point will not share proof citing employee confidentiality.[13] Members of the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) raised concerns about how BrandEQ received more than $1.1 million in contracted work from the charity over the course of the six years Spencer was either president of BBPA's board of directors or its CEO.[14]
References
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^ "Ms. Nadine Spencer – Black Business and Professional Association | The premiere destination for Black Businesses and Professionals" . Retrieved 2022-12-30 .
^ "Leadership" . Retrieved 2022-12-30 .
^ Sunny Freeman (August 20, 2015). "Latest data breach strips Ashley Madison bare" . Toronto Star . Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
^ "Nadine Spencer" . Toronto Metropolitan University . Retrieved 2022-12-30 .
^ "Nadine Spencer" . University Secretariat . Retrieved 2022-12-30 .
^ "Nadine Spencer, CEO, President at BrandEQ Agency" . www.womenandcolor.com . Retrieved 2022-12-30 .
^ Cyr, Daron; Weiner, Jennie; Burton, Laura (2021-03-12). " "I Want to Speak to a White Person": Daily Microaggressions and Resilient Leadership" . Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership . 24 (4 ): 60–73. doi :10.1177/1555458921997527 . ISSN 1555-4589 .
^ blackentrepreneurprofile.com. "Nadine Spencer" . Black Entrepreneur & Executives Profiles . Retrieved 2022-12-30 .
^ "Nadine Spencer" . BlackEntrepreneurProfile.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2018 .
^ "Successful Black Women Entrepreneurs & Executives" . BlackEntrepreneurProfile.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2018 . - "Flow – Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs" . Archived from the original on December 31, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2010 .
^ "Nadine Spencer – CEO. Foodie. Philanthropist" . Retrieved 2022-12-30 .
^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/brandeq-nadine-spencer-employees-1.7232772
^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/concerned-bbpa-members-related-party-transactions-1.7199334
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nadine_Spencer&oldid=1235473557 "
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