Page 11 STEPHANIE ABRAHAMS: trailblazer in youth leadership. Elected as the youngest Governor of the Key Club Jamaica District at age 15, Stephanie was the first non- American International Vice President of Key Club International. Her leadership at St. Andrew High School was followed by her election as the 5th female Guild President of the UWI Mona Campus. As Senior Analyst in the office of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Stephanie plays a pivotal role in high level meetings with the World Bank and the IMF. She is a Board member of eGov Jamaica and a Director of the Kingston Free Zone Co. Ltd as well as Clarendon Alumina Production Ltd. SONIA ANDERSON (NEE REID): Trailblazer in national and international voluntary service. Sonia’s work has benefitted many communities, especially the youth. She has given dedicated and excellent leadership to both the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) and Optimist International (OI). She worked with the Jamaica Cancer Society in seeking solutions for childhood cancer. As the Distinguished and Outstanding Governor for the Caribbean District of Optimist International in 2006-2007, she was named No 1 Governor as she built twelve new clubs adding 376 members. During her tenure as First Vice President for the USA South East Region (2012-2013) 1,215 members were added to the region. MICHELLE ANN MCINTOSH HARVEY: Trailblazer in volunteerism. A chartered accountant, Michelle has made significant contributions to the community and country through the Lions Club of Kingston (twice President), the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) as Director of Financial Management as well as Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Assistant Treasurer at Boulevard Baptist Church. She is an advocate for foster and adoptive children, offering home hospitality during holiday periods and eventually adopting one of them. She also served as a Zone Chairman in charge of eight Lions Clubs and seven Leo Clubs in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. She was awarded the highest honour in Lionism, the Melvin Jones Fellowship. DR. SYLVIA WHITLOCK (NEE ALEXANDER): Trailblazer as the first woman in the world to be a Rotary Club President consequent on a ruling by the US Supreme Court in May 1987 that ended Rotary International’s previous policy of gender restrictions in leadership. An annual Scholarship Award honours her work to advance women in Rotary. Sylvia was an educator for 40 years, serving as an elementary school principal for several years. She successfully pursued studies in Marriage and Family Therapy and practised as a therapist as a second career. REV. KAREN KIRLEW, CD (NEE FRANCIS): Trailblazer in the field of religion. She was the first woman to be appointed President of the Jamaica Baptist Union. She has been a pastor for over 20 years, co-hosts the weekly Christ for Today radio programme and has been Baptist Warden at the United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI). She has also served on two Commissions of the Baptist World Alliance. DIANA MCINTYRE-PIKE, OD: Trailblazer in Community Tourism Jamaica. Diana is President/Founder of the Countrystyle Community Tourism Network which has created an innovative approach to tourism – incorporating exploration of the lives and culture of the community through vacations and tours, as part of the tourism experience. Her Villages as Businesses programme addresses the potential for tourism in poverty alleviation by empowering member villages, through tour design, training, management and marketing support. Diana is President of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) Caribbean, and received the IIPT’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. She has shared her community tourism expertise at several regional and international meetings.
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