Board of Directors

Mr Harper has served in many capacities over the years. Among his many other achievements, he has held the positions of: Chairman of the Child Care Board, President of the Barbados Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, and member of the executive of the Barbados Family Planning Association. Mr Harper is the Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Labour Party. He is also a Public Relations Consultant who has worked in the private sector. He is a presenter at the University of the West Indies, School of Continuing Studies in Public Relations Marketing and Advertising Programme. Back to top

Vice-president - Dorien Pile GCM

Mrs Dorien Pile is a former Principal of Combermere School where she taught for over thirty-years. She has given long years of service to the community and has also worked in teacher training at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, and Erdiston Teacher’s Training College and is involved in some aspects of the work of the Caribbean Examination Council. Mrs Pile has worked for almost two decades with the Barbados Association for the Blind and Deaf in many capacities. She is currently the Secretary of that association. In 2004, she was elected Treasurer of the Barbados Council for the Disabled. She is presently serving her second term as  Vice President. Back to top

Secretary - Joseph Tudor

Joseph "Johnny" Tudor has been a friend of the Barbados Council for the Disabled since 1993. He along with Peter Serieux was responsible for the resurrection of the council and he has continued over the years to work in the background to assist with the planning of events and fund raising for the council. Mr Tudor plays a lobbying role on several issues involving the government as well as with companies and individuals in the private sector. Back to top

Treasurer - Boneta Phillips

Mrs Phillips has had a long career in advocacy, Youth Work and Social Work. As a Social Work Manager, she supported families experiencing a variety of challenges and later became a Social Work lecturer and Course Director. After retirement because of her disability Boneta became a Non-Executive Director of a hospital where she held management responsibility for housing hundreds of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) into the community. Being paralyzed from the neck down has given Boneta a valuable insight into the challenges of PWD and total dependency. Boneta served as the President of Barbados Council for the Disabled since 2003 - 2007 and has strived for equality of opportunity for all PWD.  Back to top

Public Relations Officer - Errol Hurley

Director -Elviston Maloney
Mr. Elviston Maloney an employee of the Barbados Association of the Blind and Deaf has held the position of supervisor for the pass seven years. During his seventeen-year-long stint, he has sewed on the board of directors three different occasions. His passionate love for community work among the disabled, particularly the blind, provided the opportunity to becoming fully involved at the administrative level with the National United Society of the Blind. He has held the following positions: President in 1987, and two consecutive terms from 2000 to 2004, the unenviable task of secretary from 2004 to 2006 and chairman of the education sub-committee. In addition to his diverse abilities, blind cricket has played a prominent role in his busy schedule. Elvis is currently a cricketer, vice-president and chairman of cricket operations committee of the Barbados Blind Cricket Association since its introduction to Barbados in 2003. Evidently, recognition of his invaluable contribution to organisations, has place him on the National Advisory Committee, which can enable him to make input towards the building of a better society for persons with disabilities. Back to top

Director - Lasonta Corbin

In January 1997 I joined BARNOD and later that year was one of the founding members of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Since then I have been actively involved in matters concerning the disabled, and have held posts on the boards of BARNOD, the Council and I am at present Treasurer to the MS Society. I am very keen to help further the interests of the disabled community in general, and wheelchair users in particular, who are still a misunderstood category of PWDs, hence my decision to stand for the post of Director. Back to top

Director - Patricia Padmore Blackman Back to top

Director - Sandra Carter- Back to top

Director - Roger Vaughan Back to top

Director - Dr. Jennifer Campbell

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Ex-officio members

Mr. Peter Serieux BCH
Mr. Andwele Boyce

The Board of Directors is further complimented by three representatives of Government. The ex-officio Directors represent the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Care, Constituency Empowerment, Urban and Rural Development. Back to top