Jackee Kasandy

Mentor

Founder, BEBC Society & Kasandy Inc.​

As the founder and CEO of Kasandy Inc., a thriving lifestyle brand, established in 2016 with a flagship brick-and-mortar store at the historic Granville Island in Vancouver, BC, Jackee has applied her expertise to advertising, marketing, growth, and transformational strategy across diverse industries, including retail, food, consumer products, corporate sectors, and hospitality.
 
Her extensive experience also includes large-scale, multi-year marketing initiatives such as product launches, mass-market retail strategies, customer journey redesign, store operations, digital transformation, sustainability, and innovation. Jackee’s ability to drive impactful results has earned her recognition as a trusted leader in both corporate and entrepreneurial spaces.
 
Her thought leadership and entrepreneurship journey have been featured in national and international media, including Montecristo Magazine, and she was recognized by the Vancouver Economic Commission as one of the “23 Black Leaders in Vancouver” for her advocacy, education, and leadership in supporting women and business owners.

Her career reflects a commitment to driving innovation, advocating for systemic change, and empowering businesses to thrive through impactful strategies.

Jackee Kasandy

Founder, BEBC Society & Kasandy Inc.

Cultural Connectivity: Promoting Blackness through successful entrepreneurship

Jackee Kasandy is an expert in Retail, Marketing and Strategy practices with 15 years corporate experience and 8 years as an entrepreneur. Since founding her own successful lifestyle brand Kasandy Inc., Jackee worked on advertising, marketing, growth and transformational strategy across a variety of industry segments including retail, food, consumer products, corporate and hospitality. She has extensive experience in large-scale multi-year marketing, advertising and digital strategy, with a focus on product launches, mass market retail strategy, customer journey redesign, store operations, digital transformation, sustainability and innovation. Jackee has appeared in numerous news articles nationally and internationally, stories and interviews clips. She appeared in Montecristo Magazine and was recognized by the VancouverEconomic Commission | 23 Black Leaders in Vancouver telling her own story entrepreneurship, educating and advocating for women, business owners and the Black community. She currently serves as the global president board chair of the BEBC Society having founded it in2020, as well as the CEO of Kasandy Inc. which she founded in 2014 and established in 2016 and has a brick & mortar store at the historical Granville Island in Vancouver BC. She is also a board of director for Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver, BC Prior to founding Kasandy Inc. and later BEBC, she was a marketer at WorksafeBC, BCFerries,BCLC and before that at advertising agencies in Toronto.