Carl Cadogan’s Bio

Carl Cadogan has a long history of community involvement and volunteering; he has served on numerous boards, committees, and task forces, including the Premier’s Council on the Voluntary Sector, and the Provincial Work Group on Gaming (that redesigned the Ontario Trillium Foundation). He was a founding member of Pillar, and Eva’s Place, and is the Chair of the London Black History Coordinating Committee, the Treasurer of the Aya Afrika Foundation, and is on the Boards of the Vanier Institute of the Family, the Grand Theatre, Urban Roots  London and Fanshawe Pioneer Village..

Carl is the Senior Regional Manager, Southwestern Ontario for the Kidney Foundation of Canada. He lives in London with his wife Cynthia and in his spare time, loves to travel, and has been to every province and one territory and to thirty US states, and sixteen African countries. He is an avid cyclist, reader, and kite flyer.

Belonwu joined the London Black History Coordinating Committee in August 2024 as Black Histories Project Coordinator – its first ever employee. He is leading the ongoing registration and formalization of London Black History Coordinating Committee. He also provides administrative and strategic supports and assistance with outreach and funds development.
Belonwu is also a doctoral researcher and teaching assistant in Library and Information Science at Western University with a research focus in accessibility, social justice, and migration and ethnic relations. He has previously worked extensively in organizational development, community engagement, and research, during which he helped found successful enterprises and championed initiatives that helped bridge gaps in opportunities for marginalized committees in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Christina Lord is a long-time member of the London Black community and has served in a volunteer capacity with several organizations over the years. She currently serves on the London Black History Coordinating Committee of which she was a founding member and is on the Board of Directors of the London and Middlesex Heritage Museum (Fanshawe Pioneer Village). She is a long-standing member of The Congress of Black Women, London Chapter.

Professionally, Christina has worked in various levels of education and jobs connected with serving people. She is currently a professor at Fanshawe College in the Early Childhood Education Department. She co-produced, Melanated View, an award-winning show on Rogers TV, is the owner of Creating Change, which is committed to community building, and is co-owner of Shifting Perspectives offering an Anti-racism Education Program. She is humbled to have been acknowledged for her work in the community. Christina strives to promote global consciousness and unity. She does this through via workshops offered by Creating Change and focusses on creating inclusive communities.

Leroy Hibbert is married to a wonderful woman named Helen and they have three grandchildren. He is employed at LUSO Community Services as the Multicultural Outreach Program Coordinator and his responsibilities include facilitating workshops, presentations, training sessions in the areas of race relations, cultural competency, racial bullying, cultural conflicts and Black History to schools, businesses and community groups.

He is also the Chairperson for the Opening Celebration for Black History Month.

Lana Winchester-Tucker has served with the LBHCC since 2014, actively participating in program planning and event implementation (namely the Family Celebration Event; Closing Ceremony and most recently the Annual Community Picnic). Lana currently chairs the Family Celebration Event with a small but dedicated team of volunteers, whose intent is to showcase Black excellence to the wider community by way of the performing arts.

Lana’s passion for Black empowerment shines through her day to day work, which includes anti-racism initiatives at the London Public Library where she’s been employed since 2012, and currently serves as Supervisor, Masonville Branch; and through her extra-curricular passions where she builds confidence and self esteem in individuals via hair braiding, crafting their crowns into beautiful and elegant hairstyles. Lana’s native background is afro-Caribbean. She hails from Trinidad and Tobago, the land of calypso and steelpan, where her love the performing Arts started and now pushes her to engage with young, talented artistes for the Family Celebration event each year. Lana is the consummate information professional, with a career spanning 20+ years in the Library and Information field.