We believe in…
Working together
Advocacy to bridge the gap and build an inclusive community
Empower our community
Cultural enlightenment
Build an Equitable community
Our team is committed to the growth and values of this organization.
Our Partners
BPAC
City of Burlington
Meet Our Team…
Adejisola Atiba (Lady ABHA) - Founder
Lady ABHA (Adejisola Atiba) is a Senior Manager with one of the major banks in Canada. She has been in the banking industry for over 3 decades and with her current employer for almost 15 years. Her passion is community building and so she volunteers with JA Central Ontario, Knight’s Table, TRIEC and ACCESS Employment. She is married and has 2 boys. She is the founder of Council of Nigerian Professionals Inc. (CNP), and African Caribbean Council of Halton (ACCH).
She believes in fairness, equity and togetherness, and so is dedicating her time in building, supporting, empowering and uplifting people in her community one person, at a time.
Abby Salami -Director of Finance
Abbey Salami, a focus individual that has a great passion for continuous success.
He is a project management professional and an independent mortgage broker that offers exceptional service and knowledge of the industry so that he can answer all of your questions and find a mortgage product tailored to your needs and mediate business between clients and lending institutions.
His love for community building coincides with ACCH vision, sense of community and common purpose in an enabling environment.”
Christen McIntosh - Director/Secretary
Christen McIntosh is a mother of one beautiful teenage daughter, Christen holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and is a Customer Service Manager for Eaton Industries Canada. Christen is a skilled, results-driven professional with 20+ years of experience with Eaton Corporation in various roles. Currently managing strategic and product performance in the components business at Eaton. Christen is also a leader of two Employee Resource Group’s at Eaton Industries. WAVE iERG for women supporting stem and the advancement and empowerment of women in the electrical industry and BIPOC which is designed to identify new ways for listening, learning, co-creating with, and investing in, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color). Christen believes in, engaging with and encouraging others; to value differences and share different perspectives within the workplace and the community will lead to greater performance, globalization and innovation.
Christen is passionate in the dismantling of Racism within Canada and is the Secretary and Board Member of African Caribbean Council of Halton (ACCH).
Edosa Adams-Idode
Edosa Adams-Idode is a Canadian lawyer with a wealth of legal experience of more than a decade in Family, Child Protection and Immigration and Refugee Law.
She is also the principal partner of Adams-Idode Law Professional Corporation.
As an African Canadian, Ms. Adams-Idode brings her skills and experience to ACCH platform to create a conduit for promoting access to justice, diversity and equity. She will also promote ACCH’s advocacy to support social inclusion, community engagement and proliferation of dialogue to effect grassroots change. In her spare time, Mrs. Adams-Idode enjoys reading, travelling and volunteering for causes that endorse women empowerment.