Lisa Grant is an attorney-at-law with twenty years of experience at the Jamaican bar.  She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Politics from the University of the West Indies, and a Master of Laws degree in Comparative Law from McGill University where she studied International Trade Law and Intellectual Property Law.  Ms. Grant worked with the Jamaica National Heritage Trust for 12 years in the capacity of Legal Officer and Director of Heritage Protection, Research and Information during which time she represented that agency on the Protected Areas Committee which directed the preparation of the Protected Areas System Master Plan for Jamaica.  She has also studied Ocean Governance: law, policy and regulation at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada and received a Diploma from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany being one of seven selected recipients of a Nippon Fellowship.  She has the distinction of being the first Jamaican participant in that programme.  She served as Counsel to the Bureau of Standards Jamaica for 4 years prior to her appointment to Technological Solutions Limited in 2019.  

Mrs. Grant also serves on the boards of the Holy Childhood Preparatory School and the St. Richard’s Infant School.   

Joni Jackson is an environmental management and sustainability professional. She is currently employed to the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation as Director, Natural Resources in the Environment and Risk Management Branch. A supporter of the arts, she is co-founder of the Drawing Room Project.

Christine O’Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Division at the University of Technology, Jamaica. Christine has a Master’s degrees in Natural Resource Management and Marine Mammal Science from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, respectively. She has experience working at government, inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations in Jamaica and within the Wider Caribbean Region.  She is actively involved in sea turtle and marine mammal conservation, outreach and advocacy initiatives in Jamaica, and also helps to provide capacity-building support to marine protected areas within the Caribbean.

As the Executive Director of the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (C-CAM) since 2008, Miss Parchment leads a team of dedicated professionals who work together to enhance the well-being of the communities and ecosystems in the Portland Bight Protected Area. She joined C-CAM in 1998 and has since been instrumental in implementing several projects and programmes that balance the conservation and development of the natural and heritage resources, while striving for the financial sustainability of the organization.

She is also an active member of several national and local committees, such as the Jamaica Fish Sanctuary Network (JFSN), which she chairs, the National Fisheries Advisory Council, and the Clarendon Parish Development Committee. She represents C-CAM at various forums and events at the national, regional and international levels.

Jamin Wedderburn is currently employed to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service as Acting Manager, External Markets with the Economic Management Division