About Us / Team

Ambassador Gillian M. S. Bristol is a national of Grenada and  an alumna of The University of the West Indies, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in Boston. She holds honors degrees in Languages (major in Spanish) and Law from The UWI, and a Master of Arts in Global Affairs from the Fletcher School. She has served for over 17 years in several senior professional portfolios at the Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC, including Senior Specialist at the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) and President of the OAS Staff Association Committee.

In 2009, she was appointed by the Government of Grenada as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, and Permanent Representative to the OAS. During her tenure as Ambassador, she has held several high leadership positions at the OAS including Chair of the Permanent Council and Coordinator for the Caucus of CARICOM Ambassadors in Washington. She has contributed significantly to management policy decisions in the advancement of the hemispheric agenda.  In 2016, she joined the newly established Office for Global Affairs as Director of the Latin American-Caribbean Centre (LACC). Through this Centre, the University fosters relations with other tertiary educational institutions and governments and promotes regional integration in higher education.