Hon. Edmund Bartlett Minister of Tourism

Edmund Bartlett was born in Westmoreland on December 3, 1950 to Alexander Rudulf Bartlett and Olivia Lawson‑Bartlett. He attended St. Elizabeth Technical High and the University of the West Indies.

An active Member of Parliament for more than 22 years, Mr. Bartlett has represented the constituency of East Central St. James since 2002. During that time he has also served as Opposition Spokesman for Tourism, earning the

respect of Industry players in both the private and public sectors for his active participation in and thorough knowledge of the sector as well as for sound judgment and fair play in all commentary on its development.

Minister Bartlett comes to his new appointment with a track record of service as a legislator in central government in both chambers of the House, in the Upper House as a Senator, and in the Lower House as a Member of Parliament, the position which he currently holds. He has served as Minister of Youth and Community Development as well as Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and Culture in a previous administration of the Jamaica Labour Party in the 1980s.

His professional career spans several positions including Senior Accountant‑Revere Alumina Jamaica Ltd., Vice President‑World Conference on Cultural Policies and Vice Chairman‑U.N. International Youth Year Advisory committee. He counts his tenure as Marketing Sales Manager‑Texaco Caribbean Inc. immediately preceding his entry into representational politics as perhaps some of his most valuable years in the private sector in preparing him for his current assignment.

A member of Lions Club of Sav‑la‑Mar, Jaycees, Montego Bay chapter, and the Electoral Advisory Committee he is also the Founder and Patron of Jamaica Foundation for Children. Minister Bartlett enjoys playing cricket, dominoes, table tennis and dancing. He has been married for 32 years and is the father of two.

Thomas G. Calderon,
Ph.D. Professor of Accounting Chair, School of Accounting University of Akron, Ohio, USA.

Dr. Thomas G. Calderon, Professor of Accounting and Chair of the School of Accountancy, was named the 2006 Outstanding Ohio Accounting Educator. Dr. Calderon received his award from the American Accounting Association Ohio Regional and the Ohio Society of Certified Professional Accountants (CPAs).

The award is given to a faculty member in the Ohio Region of the American Accounting Association who has excelled in teaching, research and service to the academic and professional communities. The recipient is selected by a committee that consists of senior accounting faculty and professional accountants who are members of the State Society of CPAs.

Dr. Calderon has published several monographs and numerous articles in top tier academic and professional journals, and is recognized as a highly effective teacher. He has served the academic and professional communities in many different capacities. He is a Past President of the Ohio Region of the American Accounting Association, a Past President of the Institute of Management Accountants ‑Akron Chapter, and past Chair of the American Accounting Association's Teaching and Curriculum Section. He serves as ad hoc reviewer for Issues in Accounting Education and Journal of Accounting Education and also serves as ad hoc reviewer for several regional and national academic meetings. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica; American Accounting Association; Institute of Management Accountants and Information Systems Audit & Control Association

Dr. Calderon earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from The University of the West Indies‑Mona and completed his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech (one of the top 50 research universities in the US) in 1987. He joined The University of Akron in August 1988 after two years as Assistant Professor at the University of New Orleans. He has worked in development banking, public accounting and consulting prior to starting his Ph.D.

Robert Gilbert,
CHIME, CHA, President and CEO, Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)

As President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International, Robert A. Gilbert, CHIME, CHA, has been guiding HSMAI through a dynamic and exciting period of change as the nearly 7,000 member organization has been re‑established as the definitive hospitality and travel marketing association in the world.

Prior to joining HSMAI in 1995 (in an executive capacity), Gilbert was the vice president of marketing for Richfield Hospitality Services. Inc., at that time the largest hotel management company in the world, where he oversaw the corporate marketing support for all Richfield hotels, which included 170 Hotels representing every price tier and product type in the industry.

Gilbert holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and has been a member of HSMAI since joining the student chapter at Cornell. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Cornell University.

Gilbert serves on the Board of Directors of the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA) and the Convention Industry Council (CIC), and is also on the Board of Trustees for the World Tourism Foundation as well as the Travel and Tourism Coalition of the Travel Industry Association of America.
 

Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, C.M.G., has had a long and distinguished career in tourism in both the public and private sector of The Bahamas and in the Caribbean Region. Highly regarded in tourism circles both at home and abroad, Vincent, last month, completed a three-year stint as Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO). Previously, he served as Director General of Tourism in the Ministry of Tourism for 12 years and was engaged for 11 years at Resorts International (Bahamas) Ltd. where he held a number of senior managerial positions.

A former Chairman of the Management Committee of the Bahamas Tourism Training Centre, Director of both the Central Bank of The Bahamas and the Bank of The Bahamas, and Chairman of the Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas, Vincent assumes responsibility for our number one industry. He is not only well prepared for the challenges ahead, but is so recognized throughout the industry. He was educated at the Government High School in Nassau and graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor’s Degree cum laude. In 1981 he obtained an MBA degree from the University of Miami. Vincent, also a Roman Catholic, is the father of four children: Alexandria, Ariana, Cydnay and Khilian. The recipient of various honours including lifetime achievement awards, Vanderpool-Wallace has been recognised by none other than, his previous employer the CTO, as one of fifty people who contributed most to Caribbean tourism in the last half-century.
 

Patrick Hylton,
A.C.LB., B.B.A. C.D. Group Managing Director
National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited.

Patrick Hylton first received local and international acclaim when he was appointed a leading role by the Government in the rehabilitation of the Jamaican financial sector during the mid 1990s. The wealth of his experience in all facets of the financial services industry led to him being named the Managing Director of FINSAC for five (5) years, where he had responsibility for the re‑structuring and divestment of intervened financial institutions and the acquired assets.

His successful completion of that undertaking culminated in the national award of the Order of Distinction, Commander Class, being bestowed on him by the Prime Minister and Governor General of Jamaica in 2002.

In 2002 he joined the island's largest commercial bank, National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB), as the Deputy Group Managing Director, where his responsibilities included the Bank's investment and insurance subsidiaries. On December 1, 2004 Mr. Hylton was appointed the Group Managing Director of NCB and since then he has led the organization to achieve record growth in profitability.

Complementing his strategic business acumen and an empathetic but firm leadership style, are his academic achievements as an Honours Graduate in Business Administration and as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB) London. He is the President of the Jamaica Bankers Association and in addition to being a Director of NCB, Mr. Hylton is the Chairman of Harmonisation Limited and sits on several boards including the Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services (CariCRIS).

Dr. Beldona has a Ph.D. from Purdue University and an MBA from the Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Australia. Dr. Beldona's research is largely focused on hospitality marketing, technology oriented marketing, perceived fairness and perceived value.

Dr. Beldona has published over fifty refereed articles in journals and conferences.

His publications have appeared in the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, and International Journal of Hospitality Management among others. He was the Guest Editor for the Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing's 2008 special issue titled "The Impact of Technology on the Marketing of Hospitality and Travel Services". He was also recently appointed Executive Editor of the newly announced Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology from Emerald Publishing.

At the University of Delaware, he teaches Hospitality Marketing and Travel Internet Marketing courses among others. He is a member Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), where he served on the Advisory Board of its Faculty Special Interest Group between 2005 and 2008.

Member of Parliament, former Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson, was one of three female Ministers in the past Government of Jamaica administration.

As Minister of Education and Youth, she held the firm belief that education is the tool for effective change. She has expressed the view that "a nation that is well learned is a nation with greater capacity to stand on its own".

Prior to her then appointment, former Minister Henry-Wilson served as Minister of Information as well as Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister. A former Leader of Government Business in the Senate (Upper House), Mrs. Henry Wilson has had a long and successful sojourn as the General Secretary of the People's National Party (PNP).

Mrs. Henry Wilson was born in Manchester, Jamaica. She attended Vaz Preparatory School, St. Andrew High School for Girls, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica and Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.

Mrs. Henry-Wilson holds two Master's Degrees - one in Public Administration and the other in Public Policy. She has taught at St. Hugh's High School in Kingston and the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

Mrs. Norton-Coke is an attorney-at-law who has taught extensively in the areas of Taxation, Auditing, Financial Management, Money Laundering, Conveyance Law and Office Management Courses for Attorneys at-law, University of the West Indies, Norman Manley Law School, Nova Southern University, University of New Orleans and at the Jamaica Institute of Management where she is a Fellow.

She is a Fellow of the Jamaica Institute of Management. Highly sought after as an expert on taxation, Mrs. Norton-Coke serves on a number of Boards including the Jamaica Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, the Public Accountancy Board, the Jamaica Bar Association, the University Hospital of the West Indies, the National Solid Waste Management and the Advisory Board of Management of the Registrar of Companies. Prior to joining UTech Mrs. Norton-Coke served at Deloitte & Touche as Director, Tax Services with responsibility for negotiating liabilities in respect of areas of taxes, and arguing tax cases at the levels of the Resident Magistrate and Supreme Court. She has also served at Dunn Cox & Orrett as Attorney-at-Law, National Housing Trust as Legal Consultant and Caribbean Cement Company as Legal Advisor/ Company Secretary.

Ms. Olubusola Henrietta Akinladejo is an attorney-at-law and full-time lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Management, University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech). She was called to the Nigeria Bar in 1989 and the Jamaica Bar in 1998. Her teaching career started in 1996 when she joined UTech as the first full-time law lecturer in the Commerce Department now Faculty of Business and Management. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, also known as University Ife, Nigeria in 1988. She also holds a Master of Laws degree in Corporate and Commercial Law from University of the West Indies and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from University of Technology, Jamaica. She attended the Nigeria Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos and the Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica.

Olubusola Akinladejo’s main areas of teaching are Business and Company Law and her research is in corporate and business crimes. She has a recent publication in the Journal of Financial Crime entitled “Advance Fee Fraud: Trends and Issues in the Caribbean”.

Collin Greenland is currently establishing a Jamaican Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is the author of “Persistent Perversity” – Jamaica’s Experience with Pyramids, Ponzis and Partner Schemes. He is Founder and Editor of “the White Collar Journal” and is currently working on his second book, “Ananciland” – Corruption, a Jamaican Perspective and his Doctoral thesis at Revans University titled, “Do Fraud and other types of White Collar Crimes Facilitate or Enhance the Perpetration of Violent Crimes.”

Mr. Greenland has had a distinguished career in Internal Auditing, Fraud Investigation and Forensic Accounting, and has extensive managerial experience in both the private and public sectors, which include life insurance, the media, agro-industry, banking and consultancy. He has participated in numerous seminars, workshops, colloquia and public fora in his various fields. He is a well-known contributor to local and international journals and newspapers. He also specializes in fraud prevention, detection and investigation and holds the distinction of being Jamaica’s first Certified Fraud Examiner, first Certified Financial Services Auditor and first Certified Forensic Consultant.

Mr. Greenland lectures and consults locally in all aspects of white-collar crime, and appears in courts as an expert witness in Fraud and Forensic Accounting internationally. He is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Kaizen Management Consulting and Investment Company. He is an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditor, is a Past President of the Jamaica Chapter, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors. Mr. Greenland is also currently the Deputy Chairman of the Government of Jamaica Audit Commission. He is also a member of the Association of Fraud Examiners, The Jamaica Institute of Management (Fellow), The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and The American College of Forensic Examiners.

Mr. Andrew Gordon is a Forensic Computing Specialist and a Lecturer at the School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Technology, Jamaica. He currently facilitates modules in the Computational Sciences and is in the process of developing modules in Forensic Computing and Information Assurance.

Mr. Gordon obtained his Master of Science in Information Technology Security with distinction from the University of Westminster, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information Technology from the University of Technology, Jamaica. He has received several awards in recognition of academic excellence and co-curricular excellence from the national, tertiary and secondary levels; notably the Prime Minister’s National Youth Award for Academic Excellence (2007); European Union Fellowship (2005); Student of the Year, 1st Runner Up (2004) and the Jamaica Technical High School Scholarship (2001) to pursue undergraduate studies at the University of Technology, Jamaica. Mr. Gordon has conducted workshops in forensic computing which was supported by law enforcement professionals, security administrators and financial analyst. His research interests include cyber crimes, cyber law and information assurance and he enjoys hiking, basketball, swimming, the arts and music.