Leadership
Members of Leadership
Board of Governors
Dr. L. Sauda Underwood-Smith, Chairman
Ms. Lynette Harrigan, Deputy Chairman
Dr. Richard Georges, President HLSCC, ex-officio
Dr. Paula Trotman-Hastings
Dr. Colleen Cohen
Mrs. Giselle Jackman-Lumy
Ms. Emma Baker
Ms. Natasha Marshall
Mr. Shaamouy Baronville
Ms. Bria Guishard
Mr. Ronan Kuczaj
Mr. Kenneth Baker, ex-officio
Mr. Claude Kettle, ex-officio, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education & Culture, ex-officio
Mrs, Mavis Abednego, Board Secretary
Academic Committee
Dr. L. Sauda Smith, Chairman
Dr. Ronald Brunton, Vice President- Academic Affairs, College Liaison, ex-officio
Human Resources Committee
Mr. Kenneth Baker
Dr. Richard Georges, President, College Liaison, ex-officio
Ms. Alesia Hamm, Human Resources Manager, ex officio
Business Development Committee
Dr. Richard Georges, President, College Liaison, ex-officio
Ms. Yvonne Crabbe, Director of Institutional Advancement, ex officio
Finance Committee
Mr. Kenneth Baker, Chairman
Ms. Lynette Harrigan, MBE
Dr. Richard Georges, President, ex-officio
Mrs. Elenore George, Bursar, College Liaison, ex-officio
Quality Assurance Committee
Dr. Paula Trotman-Hastings, Chairman
Dr. Luverne Vanterpool-Baptiste, Vice President Policy and Administration, College Liaison, ex-officio
President’s Cabinet Members
Dr. Richard Georges, President
Dr. LuVerne Vanterpool-Baptiste, Vice President of Operations and Quality Assurance
Dr. Ronald Brunton, Vice President of Academic Affairs
Elenore George, Bursar
Dr. Patricia Johnson, Director of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness
Yvonne Crabbe, Director of Institutional Advancement
Marquese Maduro, Director of Facilities Department
Lucia J. Dawson, Registrar
Billy Lettsome, Director of Information Technology
Office of the President
On October 1st, 2020, Dr. Richard Georges was appointed the President of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College.
Having graduated from HLSCC in 2000, Dr. Georges is the first alumnus to lead the College. Dr. Georges is a former Senior Lecturer and Head of the Humanities Department at the College, before transitioning to the post of Director of Institutional Advancement and subsequently the Vice President of Academic Affairs. Dr. Georges is an award-winning author of fiction, poetry, and essays in addition to being a scholar of cultural and critical theory.
Dr. Georges is a Phi Theta Kappa certified Leadership Development Facilitator and holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Texas Christian University, a Masters in Creative Writing from Aberystwyth University, and a Doctorate in Critical and Creative Writing from Sussex University. He is a Fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study, a prize-winning author, and the current Poet Laureate of the Virgin Islands.
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