She is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the International Black Economic Forum, which is the recipient of Startup Canada’s 2018 Regional and National Award for Entrepreneurial Support. IBEF is an economic diplomacy action think tank that aims to accelerate wealth creation in Black collectivities.

Kerlande started Zwart communication, a communication agency that specializes in multicultural marketing. She is interested in issues relative to economic development, international development, gender equality and social innovation.

Prior to that, she was a political advisor in the Office of the Mayor of Montréal for social development, social economy and youth issues. She worked for more than 15 years in economic development, employability and women’s entrepreneurship. Among other things, she designed and managed marketing programs for women entrepreneurs and developed partnerships for the creation of a women entrepreneurship fund. She is a commentator at Radio-Canada.

She is currently the Vice-President of TOHU and a board member of the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (CORIM), the Quartier des spectacles de Montréal, ENSEMBLE pour le respect de la diversité, and also the chair of Village Urbain. She is also part of Centraide du Grand Montréal investment committee.

A member of the International Women’s Forum, Kerlande Mibel holds a graduate degree (DESS) in Organizational Management from Université Laval, after completing a bachelor’s degree in Communication at UQAM.