This anonymous tip was sent by an ODA staff whistleblower who is unhappy with how our board operates and treats its new board members. To all ODA councillors and members please read this letter. It was a confidential letter sent by one of the newly elected female board members, to ODA President David Brown. It shows clearly how our current President and our CEO Frank Bevilacqua have breached board confidentiality by sharing this highly personal confidential email with 8 ODA staff. This is an example of how ODA staff have had access to confidential board discussions and communications. How many other ODA staffers have had access to such information? Our president decided to expel one female board member for supposedly “breaching board confidentiality,” yet in the same breath he breaks his own code of conduct. He is unfit to be president and must resign. Staffers are tired of being bullied by the ODA CEO, and he must also resign. This is just one confirmed example of a string of improper actions taken by our current president, CEO and Office of the Chair. ODA members could not and should not accept such behaviour. Members have lost all confidence in this ODA leadership.
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This level of disfunction is embarrassing to the profession.
Thank you for your courage Nafisa and whistleblower.❤️
You are great human and much respect to you .
THE LEADERSHIP INSIDE THE ODA IS REVERSED! Anyone who has been inside the ODA for the past few years knows that the current CEO of the Ontario Dental Association (ODA), Frank Bevilacqua, wields actual control over the Board through the President- who functions as a puppet enforcing the CEO’s priorities instead of exercising the intended leadership. The CEO is the employee of the Board and is suppose to implement the strategy and policies approved by the Board, instead Frank Bevilacqua acts as dictator of the ODA.
All of this is true, but it’s worse than that, here is more details from someone that has spent many years working close to Frank… Frank Bevilacqua Core traits: manipulative, calculating, organized, methodical, low anxiety, low fear response, no empathy or remorse, superficial charm, emotionally “cold”. These are the exact traits of a PSYCHOPATH!
So sad to see this bullying and misogynistic behaviour from ODA leadership. Grateful that Dr. Ahmed displayed such composure and professionalism in managing an extremely difficult situation. We are lucky to have both Dr Ahmed and the whistleblower working for fairness in an organization that’s meant to represent us all.