MANAGEMENT TEAM

Each Division of the SRC is led by a Manager that is supported by Team Leaders and a cadre of competent, technical and administrative staff. The Management Team embraces the principles of transformational leadership and quality management systems.

Dr. Audia Barnett - Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) appointed Dr. Audia Barnett as Executive Director of the SRC on February 1, 2002. Dr. Barnett is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI), and holds a B.Sc. in degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry, and a M.Sc. degree in Food Science from the University of Alberta, Canada. Her interest in Biotechnology and its influence in the Life and Natural Sciences directed her to do further studies which culminated in a Ph.D. (Chemistry) from the University of the West Indies. She served as Research Fellow at the MIGAL Galilee Technological Centre (Israel) and the Agrotechnological Research Institute (The Netherlands).

Dr. Barnett’s role as SRC’s Executive Director includes promoting the use of Science and Technology for sustainable growth and development nationally. She is expected to provide dynamic leadership that will sharpen the focus and harmonize activities of the SRC as well as forge strategic linkages with private sector, academia, other public sector and international organizations.

Prior to taking up her appointment as Executive Director for the SRC, Dr. Barnett was the Executive Director for the National Commission on Science and Technology Secretariat. Dr. Barnett has extensive experience in Food Science and Technology, having served as Adjunct lecturer at the University of the West Indies, as well as Consultant to the Food Industry for many years. She is currently the Focal Point for the Inter-Governmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Convenor of the Food Safety Subcommittee of the National Food and Nutrition Committee of Jamaica, Vice-President of the Jamaica Society of Scientists and Technologists, she is also a Professional Member of the Institute of Food Technologists. Dr. Barnett has the distinction of being a Fellow of the prestigious Americas 2000 Project. She is married with two sons.

Managers:

Mrs. Ann Marie Smith - Divisional Manager, Product Research and Development
Ms. Julia Brown - Divisional Manager, Process Development
Mr. Hawthorne Watson - Divisional Manager, Information Services
Ms. Roselyn Fisher - General Manager, Marketech/ Business Development
Mr. Horace Wilson - Divisional Manager, Finance
Mrs. Eleanor Leiba - Divisional Manager, Human Resources and Administration
Mrs. Carol Thompson - Team Leader, Analytical Services
Mr. Maurice Lewis - Team Leader, Pilot Plant Operations
Mrs. Mona Whyte - Team Leader, Caribbean Energy Information Systems
Mrs. Doreen Dietrich - Team Leader, Popularization
Mrs. Paula Spence - Internal Auditor
Mrs. Marcia Henry - Manager,Project and Quality Management Systems

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