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Normadelle’s public persona came to prominence as the Administrator of the Jamaica Gleaner Company in New York. In that position, she enhanced the popularity of the Gleaner (one of the oldest newsprin…

Epitomizing her motto – “Consciously performing above expectations”, Jennifer P. Lumley through word and deed continually proves she is a “Woman for all Seasons.” Having been trained for and hav…

After 23 years of providing Caribbean media solutions to Caribbean Food Delights and Royal Caribbean Bakery, Janice assumed responsibility in-house for Marketing and Public Relations in 2013. Her posi…

A product of the New York City public schools, Trina Lynn Yearwood received her B.A. in Africana Studies and English from Brooklyn College, her M.Ed. in Education from Cambridge College, and her docto…

Ras Imande is the owner of one of the most respected retail food stores in South East Queens. His business Vital Health Foods was officially opened in April of 1991 and has served the communities of S…

Barrington Burke-Green is the newly appointed President and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island.  Since joining the VNA in 2004, Mr. Burke-Green has managed and facilitated both the…

Hyacinth was born in Jamaica West Indies. She joined the work force as a teacher at St. John’s prep school in Ocho Rios, where she taught the children of Diplomats. She then moved on, to be a receptio…

Inspector Jeffrey D. Schiff entered the New York City Police Academy on July 18th, 1996 at the advanced age of 29 after graduating from Polytechnic University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical En…

Carmeta Albarus, a former school teacher in Jamaica, is the President and Founder of CVA Consulting Services Inc., a forensic social work firm based in Harlem, New York. Ms. Albarus has, since 1989, w…