| Professional Background | - 2002- Present: Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Ministry of Health, Jamaica
- 2003- Present: Member of the Board of the Early Childhood Commission, Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture of Jamaica
- Member of the Youth Policy Coordinating Committee, Jamaica
- Member of the Adolescent Health Policy Group, Ministry of Health
- Member of the National Working Group on Children and Violence
- Chairperson of the Programme Review Group, Policy, Advocacy, Special Care and Protection Programme for the Mid-Term Review of the GOJ/UNICEF Country Programme of Cooperation
1986-2001: Lecturer, Department of Government, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
1994–1997: Deputy Dean, Student Matters, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Technical Consultancies (selected)
- 2002: Inter American Development Bank Social Sector Planning Consultation
- 2002: Public Sector Modernization Vision and Strategy Working Group
- 1999: Planning Institute of Jamaica/UNDP Human Development Report
- 1997: Commonwealth Secretariat, Peace, Conflict, Gender and Conflict Resolution the Commonwealth Caribbean
- 1996: CUSO-Caribbean, Democracy in the Caribbean
Community Service
- Past President and current executive member Alumni Association of St. Andrew High School for Girls, Jamaica
- Facilitator and resource person, Kingston Young Women’s Christian Association, Jamaica |
| Educational Background | 2003, University of Ghent, Belgium, Interdisciplinary Course in Children’s Rights
2002, Management Institute for National Development, Jamaica, Diploma Public Sector Management
1983 – 1984, University of Cambridge, U.K., M.Phil. International Relations
1979 – 1982, UWI, Mona Jamaica, B.Sc. International Relations |