Vicki is an experienced educational leader who has been the Vice President, Academic and Chief Learning Officer of Centennial College since 2005. Her experience includes corporate operations, diversity training and leadership, academic policy and change management. Her previous positions have included Teacher, Principal, and Education Officer for The Ministry of Education, and Superintendent of Education for The York Region District School Board. In her role as Superintendent, Vicki initiated 20 equity programs and committees to form an infrastructure for the Board to address issues of equity and, as a result, was honoured with their Excellent Employee Award in 2004.

Vicki initiated the province-wide Equity Committee for Supervisory Officers from Boards across Ontario and taught the Supervisory Officer Qualification Program. Vicki has chaired international conferences on equity issues and won the Province of Ontario Volunteer Service Award in 1998 which marked her volunteer service as President of The Board of Directors for The Scarborough Women’s Centre. Vicki has been profiled in the Who’s Who of Canadian Women for 5 years.

Vicki was born in South Africa into a family highly involved in the anti-apartheid movement through The Natal Indian Congress. Vicki graduated from the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature and Drama and emigrated to Canada in 1970. Since then, she has completed her Honours Degree in English Literature, her Masters Degree in Education and her Supervisory Officer’s Certification.

Vicki is presently engaged in doctoral studies at OISE in the field of Second Language Education to benefit ESL college students. Vicki lives in the Scarborough community.