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Vanessa Slowey is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Non-Executive Board Director with full P&L accountability across 27 countries. She has had responsibility for revenues of $2.1B and led 12K employees in the US and many of the world’s most challenging geopolitical regions. She has served publicly traded and privately held businesses and global non-profit organizations.
As a growth-focused leader, Vanessa is known for her award-winning commercial performance in fast-growing markets with broad experience in the US, South and Central America, and Asia Pacific regions. Her ability to lead digital transformations and consolidations of large organizations in telecommunications and adjacent global and emerging markets at the board and operations levels is noteworthy.
Dr. Martha K. Williams was born on Cayman Brac and attended West End Primary and Cayman Brac High School, obtaining her higher education in the U.S. with a B.S. in Chemistry/Biology, M.S. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry. Dr. Williams is a Ph.D. Polymer Scientist/Inventor, currently serving as a Senior Technical Advisor, and a founding team member for GenH2, a leader in liquid hydrogen infrastructure solutions for the emerging hydrogen clean energy economy. Martha’s creative concepts, innovation, invention, technology integration, demonstration, and technology transfer expertise are a big part of her visionary approach to her work. Martha is also NASA-retired (29 years) and served as the Lead Polymer Scientist at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida until 2018. She is a well published author, an inductee into the NASA Inventor Hall of Fame with 20 patents (one of only 5 women on the 40 inductees list), the Outstanding Chemical Professional for 2022 - American Chemical Society Orlando Chapter, the STEM B1 Cayman Connection Making Waves Awards 2022 winner, and a recipient of multiple NASA awards including the Silver Snoopy, Turning Goals into Reality, Silver Achievement Medal, NASA Commercial Invention of Year 2016, Excellence in Technology Transfer 2017, and an Environmental and Energy Program award.
Katie Ebanks is CCMI's Education Manager. In her current role, she is responsible for the development, planning, execution, and support of the higher education programmes at CCMI, including providing oversight of CCMI's internship programmes and citizen science programmes. Katie leads all university level courses and further education programming, while assisting with K-12 programmes and various research projects as necessary.
Katie’s love for the environment and oceans in particular has been a lifelong passion, one that fuels her desire to teach and engage with everyone about its beauty and importance. Her goal is to ensure that every person who comes through CCMI’s doors leaves inspired, with a better understanding of and a passion for our marine environment.
Lune Vermeire is a middle school science teacher at Cayman International School. She studied Biology at the University of Antwerp in Belgium and went on to do a research apprenticeship at the University of Washington, USA. After her studies, she traveled to different countries to be a research assistant, explored diverse ecosystems, and worked as a naturalist in Europe, Canada, the Arctic, and the Cayman Islands. She has been a teacher for seven years and was the first to receive the Minds Inspired STEM Teacher Award for Elementary. Through teaching and hands-on activities, she is able to inspire students to become more involved in science.
Dr. med Yaron Rado, Chairman of the Board and Chief Radiologist, has been associated with Doctors Hospital (DH) since 2006. He completed his medical training at the University of Hamburg and completed his Residency in Radiology at the University of Duesseldorf, Germany and has been a trailblazer in bringing cutting-edge medical equipment to the island. While working at HSA in 2005 he brought the first digital mammography unit to Cayman. Then at DH, he brought 3D mammography to the island. He initiated the first multi-slice CT and MRI service on the island. In doing so, he fostered the first private sector-public sector partnership and brought the first and only 3T MRI system to the Island. As Chairman of Doctors Hospital, he is striving to build a community of cooperation in the private sector of the hospital and healthcare industry of the Cayman Islands.
Erica Gordon has been a trained teacher of English and Spanish since 1989 and has taught at the high school, college and university levels. She holds a first degree in Mass Communications (Print Journalism) and a Master of Philosophy in English Literature from the UWI, Mona. Her PhD is in curriculum development and was completed at the University of London School of Education. Dr Erica has served as Chair of the Department of Arts and Humanities. She currently teaches Spanish and English courses at the University College of the Cayman Islands where she is an Assistant Professor.
I'm an engineering Lecturer at UCCI, dedicated to providing the experiential learning needed to produce world class engineers. I have worked for over 12 years in engineering education at the School of Engineering at the University of Technology, Jamaica. I am also a certified trainer with 3 years of work experience at Jamaica Public Service Company. My aim is to facilitate a classroom environment that is challenging and engaging for students.
Ricardo Benjamin is a senior lecturer at the University College of the Cayman Islands with demonstrated contribution to raising the division or University College profile through external networks in the subject or professional area or through the creation and development of teaching, commercial or industrial partnerships. He is a multifaceted individual who displays the qualities of a productive electrical systems designer/installer and transformational leader. A professional educator with over seventeen (17) years of experience teaching Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology, Renewable Energy, Electrical Industrial Maintenance, Electrical Installation and vast expertise in Technical Education and Training. Strong educational professional with a Master of Science (M.Sc.) focused on Digital Technology (electronics engineering) from the University of the West Indies and a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed. TVET) industrial Technology specializing in Electrical Technology. Professional postgraduate certification in leadership and management (PQP) from the University College of Educational Leadership (NCEL).
An experienced Licensed electrician and electrical Inspector with over six (6) years of experience in the electrical field, Ricardo is highly knowledgeable in electrical standards and principles and is adept at interpreting and enforcing electrical codes. He is certified in various electrical disciplines, verification, assessment and auditing technical and vocational institutions.
Tiyen's passion for encouraging people to have the confidence to learn about how our world works through exploring and enquiring runs deeply. He has been a teacher in state schools for over 2 decades and is always awed to see the progress of his students as they make even the most minute of connections. His BA and BS degrees in History and Cognitive Science from UCSD followed by postgraduate work in education through the IoE and astronomy from UCL help him contextualise complex ideas into human terms that everyone can grasp. He is the president of the Cayman Islands Astronomical Society and an ambassador for the International Astronomical Union. Tiyen has worked to bring STEM education closer to the young people of the Cayman Islands through working in schools and classrooms in his role as a Science and Technology Coach for the Cayman Islands Department of Education Services.
