ADONAL FOYLE
Founder and President
Adonal Foyle entered the NBA as the eighth overall draft pick in 1997 and played his first ten seasons with the Golden State Warriors and last three with the Orlando Magic. Upon retirement, he stayed on with the Magic for 2 more NBA seasons (until 2012) as the Director of Player Development where he was responsible for mentoring, educating Magic players in an effort to help them realize their full potential on and off the court. Adonal grew up in the tiny nation of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, where he first picked up a basketball at the age of 16. Adonal’s quest for a college education which ultimately led him to the USA and into the NBA is an amazing and inspirational story of ambition, hard work and a little bit of luck.
Growing up in impoverished circumstances in the Caribbean dramatically influenced Adonal’s worldview, and off the court, he is an activist with a deep commitment to the community, especially young people. KLF is his second non-profit organization, the first being Democracy Matters, a non-partisan campus-based project working to get big money out of politics and people in.
In addition Adonal makes numerous community service visits and his work has been honored by a host of organizations. Adonal has received many honors, including induction into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, appointment as a Goodwill Ambassador to St. Vincent & the Grenadines and named Runner Up Central Floridian of the Year by the Orlando Sentinel. Adonal graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University, and has a Masters in Sports Psychology at John F. Kennedy University. Adonal also serves as Secretary of the Board of the NBA Retired Players Association Orlando Chapter.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joette Brown
A native Californian born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, where she resides with her husband of 29 years. Joette has spent 25 years working in administrative capacities from small family run businesses to global enterprises. Presently she holds a sales administrative role with a local logistics company while still maintaining the position of Vice President at her husband’s cyber security business. She has and continues to donate her time to charitable organizations and groups that empower and educate today’s youth.
Sabrina Mitchell
Sabrina Mitchell is a born Vincentian and currently resides on the island of Bequia, in the Grenadines of St. Vincent. She is a business- woman by profession and is the General Manager of the Frangipani Hotel, manager of The Gingerbread Restaurant, Bar & Cafe on Bequia, and Managing Director of her family group of companies. She was educated at the University of Toronto in Canada. She currently serves as regional Secretary General of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation, as well as a Central board member of FIBA Americas, the continental controlling body of basketball, and is President of her local basketball affiliate, the Bequia Basketball Association. She owns and operates a private primary school, the Bequia Paradise Primary, located on Bequia and is involved in numerous community service organizations. Sabrina is a member of the Board of the Kerosene Lamp Foundation and also serves as the local coordinating officer of Adonal’s Academic and Athletics camps. She has two daughters.
ADVISORY BOARD
Consolo Adams
Cathy Godfrey
Heather Hines
AMBASSADORS
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Clifford Ray
Former NBA Champion and Coach
Clifford Ray has been part of KLF since our first camp in 2003 and before that as mentor to Adonal. A former NBA champion and coach, Cliff has won NBA Championships as both a player and a coach. He played for 10 years in the NBA with the Bulls and Warriors. Cliff has coached for Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic, Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics. His name can be found throughout the Golden State record books, ranking among the Warriors’ all-time leaders in offensive rebounds (2nd, 1,372), defensive rebounds (2nd, 2,938), field goal percentage (5th, .537), blocked shots (6th, 465) and total rebounds (9th, 4,310). Cliff was a member of four 50-plus win teams and was named to the 1971-72 NBA All-Rookie Team. Cliff played at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a First Team All-Big Eight performer and led the conference in rebounding. He is a native of Union, S.C., and he has a son named Everett.
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Shiyana Valentine - Williams
Shiyana Valentine-Williams has been involved in every aspect of the Kerosene Lamp Foundation from its conception. She has served on the Board of Directors since its establishment in 2005 and has actively participated in all KLF activities to date. She was formally named the Executive Director in October, 2008. Before KLF, she was the Country Manager in the Bahamas for the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative where her role was to assist the Ministry of Health with integrating HIV/AIDS care into primary healthcare services and strengthening their antiretroviral supply chain to ensure that patients received an uninterrupted supply of medication. Prior to the Clinton Foundation, Shiyana spent three years with the Development Marketplace team at the World Bank where her primary responsibility was to manage a global grant competition that funds innovative and early stage projects with potential for development impact. Shiyana received a BA in History and Peace Studies from Colgate University, and an MA in International Development from American University.
