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Happy International Women's Day!!

St.Kitts-Nevis’ 40 most Influential and Powerful Women 2016 In recognition of upcoming International Women's Day on March 8th the SKN Times (skntimesonline.com) has compiled and selected St.Kitts-Nevis’ 40 most powerful and influential women. Last done in 2011 the listing isn't only about celebrity or popularity; it's also about influence and power. Power usually equates to influence thus some persons listed may not be popular names but are influential because of their position.

They are politicians, bankers, entertainment personalities, radio announcers, business executives, CEO’s, entrepreneurs and cultural icons.

Some are famous, some you may never have heard of. But their power and influence has in some way shaped the lives of many whether directly or indirectly. .

Many of the women on the list are groundbreakers in their respective field. These are the Kittitian and Nevisian women history will remember. More importantly, they're the women who inspire the rest of us to become better people.

The list was selected by a panel of professionals including a lawyer, business executive, educator, entrepreneur in addition to the Editors at the SKNTimesonline.com. No ranking system was instituted in the listing. Therefore the list is in no particular order

SKNTimes 40 most powerful and influential women





Hilary Hazel - Financial Secretary St. Kitts-Nevis
Marcella Liburd – Opposition MP
Mercelyn Hughes - ACP Royal St.Christopher-Nevis Police Force
Brenda Boncamper - Permanent Secretary the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Post, Urban Development and Transport.
Toni Frederick – Radio Personality/Senior News Journalist
Shannon Hawley – CEO Xpress Events/Owner of Refresh Juice Bar
H.E Dr. Thelma Phillip-Browne- Ambassador to the United States
Josephine Huggins – Cabinet Secretary
Jacinth Henry-Martin- Former Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS)
Donna Harris – Resident Magistrate, St.Kitts
Josephine Mallalieu – Resident Senior Magistrate, St. Kitts
Janine Harris-Lake- Registrar
Yasmine Clarke - Resident Senior Magistrate, Nevis
Keesha Jones – Director-TDC Nevis
Marsha Henderson – Defense Lawyer
H.E Constance Mitcham- Ambassadors At Large and Former Minister and First elected female parliamentarian and first female to act as Prime Minister.
Johan Kelly – President Hotel and Tourism Association
Sylvine Henry- Retired Senior Civil Servant/Social Activist
Sephlin Lawrence- Director of Social Security
Dawne Williams- CEO St.Kitts Nevis Anguilla National Bank Group
H.E Shirley Skerrit-Andrew – St.Kitts-Nevis High Commisioner to Canada
Carleen Morton- Permanent Secretary Ministry of Tourism
Jenifer Nero-Managing Director Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Maritza Bowry- Company Secretary-TDC/Chairperson Social Security Board
Elreter Simpson-Browne- Ag General Manager NHC/ Director St.Kitts Nevis Anguilla National Bank
Michelle “Sister Sensi” Stokes- Radio Personality
Kaye Bass – Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Azilla Clarke- Director of Social Affairs/ Former President of SKNYPA
Lorna Hunkins - Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Talibah Byron – Lawyer/ Director St.Kitts Nevis Anguilla National Bank/Founder East Basseterre Legal Aid Clinic
Christine Walwyn – CEO Walwyn Consulting/Former CEO Tourism Authority
Hazel Brandy-Williams – Junior Minister in the Nevis Island Administration
Sonya Parry- Partner at Hamil, Gonsalves,Smith
Marissa Hobson- Defense Lawyer/ Deputy Chairperson Carnival Committee
Wendy Phipps – Minister of Health, Social Services and Gender Affairs
Elsa Wilkin-Ambrister - Vice Counsel at the Consulate of St Kitts and Nevis in Dubai, UAE
Verna Morris – Charge D’Affaires de Cuba
Genieve Hanley –Creative Director & Chief Consultant at ACE Management & Consultancy, Founder & Managing Director at LEAP - The Learning & Empowerment through the Arts Program
Natasha Grey- Lawyer/Youth and Social Activist
Sonia Boddie- Foreign Service Officer- Former Youth Caricom Ambassador





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University of the West Indies Names Nevisian Jessica Byron-Reid Newest Professor The University of the West Indies, Mona announced on Monday the promotion of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr. Jessica Byron-Reid to the rank of Professor.


Jessica Byron completed a BA in French and Spanish at The UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, followed by a postgraduate Diploma in International Relations from The UWI, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago. She went on to complete her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Political Science (International Relations) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Dr. Byron-Reid is a highly respected academic who has made a profound contribution to her field in the area of regionalism as well as on foreign policy and diplomacy of small developing states in the Caribbean. Her work is recognized across the English, French, Spanish and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, and further afield.

Dr. Byron-Reid’s scholarly profile is characterized by consistent, high calibre research and scholarly productivity; active service to her discipline and related scholarly and professional communities, and performance and promise relative to service to The University of the West Indies, to the Caribbean and to the international community.

Her scholarship covers several disciplinary categories: International Relations, Security Studies and Caribbean Area studies. She has a distinguished record of publication and research, with 53 current or forthcoming publications published in three different languages, which include 16 refereed journal articles, 13 book chapters, three book reviews and seven technical reports, among other publications. In recognition of her outstanding record, she was recipient of the Principal's Award for best research publication in 2008 and is recipient of the Principal’s Award for Most Outstanding Researcher in the UWI Mona Faculty of Social Sciences for 2015.

As an academic, Dr Byron has redeveloped and taught several core courses and electives in the International Relations undergraduate degree programme as well as three courses in the Master’s degree programme in International Relations. She led the development of the Department’s offerings on Latin American comparative politics.

In addition, Dr Byron was very instrumental in the development and coordination of the jointly taught BSc/MSc programme in Politics and International Cooperation, delivered in partnership with the Universities of Bordeaux 1V and Antilles-Guyane (Martinique). Launched in 2007, this programme has recruited nine cohorts of approximately sixty students and has fostered scholarly exchanges among the staff of the three institutions. As a result, Dr Byron was awarded the Chevalier de L’Ordre Nationale du Merite by the Government of France for her role in the development and coordination of this programme.

In her contribution to University life Dr. Byron has played a leading administrative role in curriculum development, programme reviews, departmental and graduate research seminars as well as scholarly collaboration with international and regional partners. She has mentored and supervised more than 50 local, regional and international students and managed the administrative portfolio of the department in the capacities of Unit Coordinator for International Relations, Graduate Coordinator for the department as well as head of the Department of Government from 2010 – 2013 and UWI Coordinator for the MSc Programme in Politics and International Cooperation. She is currently seconded to SALISES Mona as a Senior Research Fellow and serves as Coordinator for the SALISES M.Phil/PhD programme.

[caption id=attachment_33447 align=aligncenter width=147] Professor in the Department of Government, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr. Jessica Byron-Reid to the rank of Professor.[/caption]

Dr Byron has enhanced the reputation of the UWI by serving on several national, regional and international boards/committees and has produced several technical reports that have been critical to the advancement of Caribbean regionalism as well as Caribbean and Latin American/Caribbean and European relations. More specifically, Dr. Byron has served on consultancy teams that produced technical reports for the Caribbean Regional Negotiating machinery, the OECS Secretariat, ECLAC/CDCC, the UNDP, the International Centre for Trade and sustainable Development, the Commonwealth Secretariat and One World Action.

She has been invited to present at international projects and programmes such as the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, the SIDS Unit of the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs and the ACP/CARIFORUM. Dr Byron has also served on the PSOJ Trade Committee and on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade JTAT Committee.

Dr. Byron-Reid is a proud product of Morning Star, Nevis . She is the cousin of Chief Justice Sir Dennis Byron and the current Attorney-General of St.Kitts-Nevis Vincent Byron Jr.