Sir Trevor Hassell – Past Founding President
Sir Trevor Hassell is a medical doctor, former Adjunct Professor of Medicine, the University of the West Indies, and Consultant Physician and Cardiologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, England.
Senator Dr. Kenneth Connell – President
Dr. Connell received his undergraduate and postgraduate training in medicine from the UWI St. Augustine & Cave Hill Campuses and graduated with MBBS and DM Internal Medicine degrees in 2000 and 2006 respectively. He was awarded a Barbados National Development Scholarship in 2007. He was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy degree on completion of studies from King’s College London.
Maisha Hutton – Executive Director
Maisha Hutton is the Executive Director of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), the only regional alliance of over 100 NCD focused civil society organisations. Maisha holds a BSc in Microbiology, a MSc. in Molecular Biology and a PGDip in International Health. Prior to joining the Healthy Caribbean Coalition, she worked in HIV/AIDS and STI prevention and control for 10 years.
Ian Pitts – Digital Development Manager
Ian Pitts has been a part of the HCC Team in various capacities since the registration of the healthycaribbean.org domain name in 2008. He facilitated the website for the Healthy Caribbean 2008 – A Wellness Revolution Conference and continued to help grow the website platform as the success of the conference evolved into the formation of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition.
Sheena Warner-Edwards – Social Media Manager & Communication Officer (HCC & GHAI Project)
Sheena Warner-Edwards holds a Masters of Public Health Degree from University of Essex (United Kingdom) and a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry from University of the West Indies (UWI). Sheena is the Social Media Manager for the HCC Team and Communication Officer on the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) Childhood Obesity Prevention Project.
Danielle Walwyn – Policy and Operations Manager
Danielle Walwyn holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Science degree with a specialization in Health Promotion from Queen’s University (Canada). Her Master’s thesis research focused on exploring physical activity opportunities among adolescents in secondary schools in her home island, Antigua.