Stay connected and involved with your Alma Mater through the UWIAA Trinidad and Tobago Chapter and also benefit from your "PERKS"!
Email: trinidad@alumni.uwi.edu
Executive Officers:
Executive Officers: President: Cheridan Woodruffe
First Vice President: Arlene Hamblin-Paul
Second Vice President: Vera Dookie-Ramlal
Secretary: Nkese Parris
Treasurer: Kirby Austin
Assistant Treasurer: Marvin Pacheco
Public Relations and Promotions Officer: John Victor
Social Media Facilitator: Gerdan Lamorell
Membership and Data Officer: Beresford Riley
Assistant Secretary/Young Alumni Representative: Sai Sonali Anmolsingh
UWIAATT/UWIMAA Liaison Vishi Beharry
Events
We take part in the Matriculation Ceremony every September and Graduation every October!
2023
As a part of The UWI's 75th Anniversary Celebration the Chapter held a Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA) ceremony and recognised the achievements of the following graduates:
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Name |
Occupation |
Organization |
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H. E Ambassador Anthony Phillips -Spencer |
Public Servant |
T&T permanent Representative to the OAS |
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Dr. Alvin Hilaire |
Governor |
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago |
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Mr. Amilcar Sanatan |
Assistant Director Gender affairs |
Office of the Prime Minister Trinidad & Tobago |
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Mr. Bevan Narinesingh |
Executive Director |
Fair Trading Commission Trinidad & Tobago |
|
Mrs. Carla Matthews-Dottin |
Audit Manager |
National Lotteries Board Trinidad & Tobago |
|
Professor Compton Bourne |
Retired Professor Emeritus |
University of the West Indies |
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Mr. Darryl White |
CEO/ Regional Vice President |
Royal Bank |
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H.E. Ambassador Dennis Francis |
Public Servant |
President United Nations |
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Mr. Derrick Simon |
Alethic Coach |
National Coach/ Entrepreneur |
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Dr. Alfredo Eugene- Walker |
Forensic Pathologist/Coroner |
Eastern Ontario Regional Hospital Canada |
|
Dr. Shereen Khan |
Audit Manager |
University of Trinidad and Tobago |
|
Mr. Garvin Madeira |
Chief Executive Officer |
Caribbean Airlines |
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Professor Jessica Byron |
Retired Director |
Institute of International Affairs University of the West Indies |
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Group Captain Kemba Hannays |
Group Captain |
Ag. Commanding Officer T&T Defence Force |
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Ms. Karen Darbasie |
Group CEO |
First Citizens Bank |
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Mrs. Kemby Ross Jones |
Managing Director |
Rent My Tutor |
|
Mr. Langston Roach |
Executive Chairman |
Langston Roach Industries |
|
Mr. Lawrence J Arjoon |
Chief Executive Officer |
Heroes foundation |
|
Mrs. Lindi Ballah-Tull |
General Counsel |
First Citizens Bank |
|
Mrs. Mala Baliraj Dass |
CEO |
Massy Wood |
|
Master Christie-Anne Morris-Alleyne |
Court Executive Administrator |
Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago |
|
Ms. Natasha Ashby |
Vice President Law & Corporate Secretary |
Atlantic LNG |
|
Mr. Nigel Baptiste |
Managing Director |
Republic Bank Limited |
|
Mr. Nigel Edwards |
Executive Director |
Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation |
|
Ms. Pria Narinesingh |
Partner |
Earnest and Young |
|
Professor Niranjan "tex" Kissoon |
Medical professor |
University of British Columbia |
|
Mr. Ronald Anthony Adams |
Chief Executive Officer |
Atlantic LNG |
|
Professor Samuel Ramsewak |
Retired Professor emeritus |
University of the West Indies |
|
Mr. Shaun Rampersad |
Chief Operating Officer |
Ramps logistics |
|
Ms. Verlier Quan Vie |
Vice President Commercial |
National Gas Company |
|
Mr. Wendell Constantine |
Chief Executive Officer |
Foundation for the Enhancment and Enrichment of Life (FEEL) |
|
Professor Winston Mellowes |
Retired professor Emeritus |
University of the West Indies |
|
Ms. Zakiya Mills |
Owner |
ZM Group of Companies |
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PELICAN AWARDEES |
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Justice Anthony Aquinas Carmona |
Former President Trinidad and Tobago |
Former President Trinidad and Tobago |
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Justice Paula Mae Weekes |
Former President Trinidad and Tobago |
Former President Trinidad and Tobago |
Past Activities
Pelican Awardee 2014: Sir Edwin Carrington - former CARICOM Secretary-General and current Amassador to CARICOM - for distinguished service to the Caribbean.
Some Distinguished Graduates:
*Dr. Shango Alamu, the first scientist to unearth the methodology of promoting flowering in Aroids, a strategy that is currently utilized internationally:
* Mr. Gerry Brooks, Group Chief Operating Officer of the aNSA McAI group
* Mr. Ian Chinapoo, Executive Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation
* Mr. Hillan Morean, Former Port of Spain Deputy Major
*Dr. Victor Coombs, Chief Medical Officer for 21 years
*Dr. Naola Ferguson-Noel, Associate Professor at the Poultry Diagnostic and Research Centre at the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medecine
*Mrs. Anna-Maria Garcia-Brooks, General Manager, Group Marketing and Communications, Republic Bank
*Mr. Khalid M. Hassanali, President/CEO of Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago
* Dr. Floyd Homer, has led international programmes related to forest, wetlands and coral reef conservation
* Mrs. Mary Kwailan la Borde, Author of "Wind, Sea and Faith", her life story about sailing around the world
* Ms. Alison Lewis, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance
* Mrs. Sunity Maharaj, Director of the Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies
* Mr. Hannibal Najjar, Director of Coarches and Head Coach (Soccer), Mid-Continent University, Mayfield, KY, USA
* Dr. Shelton Nichols, renowned economist
* Dr. Carla Noel-Mendez, Director of External Affairs at BHP Billiton Trinidad and Tobago
* Dr. Charles E. Percy, Managing Director of Mthanex Trinidad Ltd.
* Professor Dan Ramdath, internationally recognized clinical research scientist
*Dr. Ronald Ramkissoon, renowned economist
* Mr Robert Riley, awarded the Chaconia Gold Medal in 2003 for his contirbution to national economic development
* Ms. Kizzie Ruiz, distinguished musician and cultural Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago
* Ms. Dana Seetahal, Criminal Justice Consultant
* Mrs. Toni Sirju-Ramnarine, Vice President Corporate Operations at the Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago
* Ms. Dawn Thomas, Group Chief Executive Officer of One Caribbean Media Limited
* Mrs. Giselle Pinard-Thompson, Vice President Corporate Operations bptt
*Mr. Rubadiri Victor, President of the Artists' Coalition of Triniad and Tobago
* Mr. Malcolm Jones, Executive Chairman Petrotrin
* Mr. Kerston Coombs, Energy Technocrat * Mr. Prem Nandlal, Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
** Honorary Member - President George Maxwell Richards
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