Sir Trevor Hassell – 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.
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 Coordinator & 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 Coordinator for the HCC Team and Communication Officer on the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) Childhood Obesity Prevention Project.
Janea Ifill – Administrator (HCC & GHAI Project)
Janea Ifill holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of the Southern Caribbean which she completed in 2020. Janea joined the HCC Team as Administrator in 2021.
Danielle Walwyn – Advocacy Officer (GHAI Project)
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.
Kerrie Barker – Project Assistant (GHAI Project)
Kerrie Barker holds a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science with Management from Imperial College London (United Kingdom), which she completed in 2018. As part of this dual degree she completed two research projects, one focused on evaluating the impact of HIV/AIDS on work and home productivity in southern Africa and the other assessed how start-ups can be leveraged through open innovation techniques.