Wendy Bonnick

Wendy Bonnick is the CFO of BACB21Co, the 501(c)(3) non-profit business founded by her late son Brian Albert Cornelius Bonnick, and the founder of Gifted Mind Scholars, an in-home tutoring service focused on reading and math. With more than 35 years of experience as a certified elementary education teacher, she has taught in classrooms across Atlanta, New York, and overseas in Kuwait, where she served as an MBA principal for five years. She holds a master's degree in reading with a focus on education, reading, and literacy, as well as a bachelor's degree in behavioral science. Originally from Jamaica, Bonnick migrated to the United States in 1991 and was inspired to pursue teaching by her late principal, Sister Frances. She launched Gifted Mind Scholars to address gaps in student learning, drawing on her passion for helping children succeed with current, relevant instruction. Bonnick attributes her professional fulfillment to the opportunity to nurture students as if they were her own, a calling she describes as a gift from God that allows her to continue being a mother figure following the 2021 passing of her only child.