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Hon. Jacqui C.Quinn-Leandro, Ph.D.

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. IMo ttea4 CanadaDo I or of Fhilosophy Degree (Concentration: CommuniestioDS & Geuder)

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~ ter of Philosophy Degree (Concentration: Latin American & Caribbean Studies)I

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Marital Status: Married (Denis Compton Leandro)

endents: Two: girl and hoy(SiobhanAngelica Leandro (12yrs) JadenDenis Leandro (8yrs)

Address: Lightfoot Estate. St. John's, Antigua, P.D Box 1629Date of Birth: November 20, 1965

Pace of Birth: Antigua

:rsityof the West Indies 1990-1993I,Kingston, Jamaicalelor of Arts Degree (Mass Commonicauon & Social Scieu~es)Class Honours}

Carl bean Institute of Media & CommunicationI

Dip, ma in Mass Communication (Distinction)

Uni1lersityof the West Indies,Mo ,I~ l{jngston,JamaicaI

I "Dip. ma in .Journalism (Distinction)Int I ational Institute of Journalism

We i Berlin, GermanyII

Dip ma in Advanced Journalism (Distinction)Co ,I onwealth Journalists AssociationII

CavehiIl,BarbadosII

Dip.I ma io News reporting (Distinction)An a State CollegeSt i bn's Antigua

A' LIvels (EnglishLanguageand GeneralPaper,CollegeDiploma)

1989-1990

June 25-Sept15, 1987

June-July, 1986.

1983-1985

Anti

fGirls' High School

St J 's, Antigua0' L i eis (English Language, English Literature, History, Geography, Spanish, Food &

Ii NuUition)

1979-1983

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.Iresenting the nightly newscast and intomews of topical nature

p \ Iss Officer and Media Coordinator 1991~1993

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t'Stry of Information

S 1,~ohnISAntigua* ! I oducing government informationprogrammes, features and documentaries* 'resenting the nightly newscast'"

f'londucting local interviews with govennnent officials

. ihomoting the work of gowmment ministries, departments and projcctsN' S & Current Affairs Officer 1985-1991

~figua Broadcasting ServiceS1.i]rohn's,Antigua*

iritinS and reading the Television and radio news

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oducing features for the news and local programmes* I ostinginterviews'" ,eneral reporting

D[g period at ABS television, initiated, produced and hosted the following popular andHi

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1Television programmes: "Feedback", "What's Happening", ".Justice"

\ and "One-on-One"Pal

l' Time employment! Consultaocies:

C , 'bbean Broadcasting Union

N ; s Reporter for CARICOMHeads of Govermnent Summit:AIi, 'gua 1988,Gel ada 1989

Jaxlimca1990sdtGtts 1991

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-11 C01respon- for Summit of the Amoricns:Miami, 1994~~aBarbqda-- - Jane2000-Augnst2000S1.1

' oOO's,Antigua

* ", orking with PR firm on "Synergy" -the merger of Antigua Barbuda Investment Bank andS II-S American National Bank

An, 'gua Commercial BankSt oOO's,Antigua .

* reparing. Writing and producing Corporate Communication Strategy

Hal eed Group of Companies June 2001-August 2001S1. obn's Antigua

. i~ect CoordinatorfEditor/Producer for Hadeed Co<pomWProfile

June2001~August2001

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WorklExperience:Dister of Labour, Public Administration & Empowerment,

IT Janauray2005-presentnister of State, responsible for Information, Broadcasting and Public

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I March 2004- J~uary 2005H I n Resource & Marketing Officer Ian, 1999-Sept. 1999A I . Barbllda Investment BaD~ St. John's Antigua

... ~ keting, human Resources, Public relationship

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tVelOping 5~yr. marketing plansII. - - -

* ll> signing all advertising- TV, Radio and newspaper adsII...r.\ ganizing publicity, writing press releases and bulletins for media... dling P.R for special bank events and bank. sponsored projects.

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C~ m_tion CoD91dtant November 1997-December 1998C I 'bbean Family Planning Affiliation, CFP A, St. John's, Antigua*I~ signing health education materials for 12 Caribbean countries under whose purview the

,CFPA presides.

* ' ilitating workshops/seminars on STDs, AIDS, teen pregnancy, adolescent health,

I Women's bealth

* ~aring, designing and scripting Annual Reports... I 'riting, producing TV, Radio and Newspaper ads for regional media

sisting i:ndeveloping in-house bulJetinson family planning and sexual and reproductivehealth.

1d of News & Current Affairs

::"guaBroadcasting Service, St. Johnls Antigua*1 ead up department and overseeing administrative functions* pervismg News reporters and Current Affairs OfficersI

'riting, producing and editing news, TV programmes, features and documentaries* ~~sting and producing TV programmes, documentaries and features* sitltingon management meetings and advising on plans~policies and programmes for the

department

1991-Nov. 14th 1997

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f2. r of Current Affairs

An ua Broadcasting ServiceISt. OO's,Antigua*

311viding administrative and intellectual support for Current Affairs department

* pi, dueing news items, features, documentaries and programmes* h ,Iting local programmes

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April 1994-Sept 1995

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I tigua Commerdal Bank June 2002-August 2002I .) John's, Antigua

1 Designing fufunnation and Media Awan:ness Prognnmne fur Capita! MBrltetlnstnnnentg .

Mcq University~ culty of Management.1ssistJ;mtHead InvigilatOT

j Supervising a core of invigilators for Management BA and MBA Examinations1 Overseeing the smooth running of Mid-term and Final exams in the Faculty.1 Invigilating exams in the department

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*11 Dean's Award for Excellence, UWI, Mona, Jamaica, 1990-1991*

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I Dean'S"Award for Excellence- scholarship to outstanding students for academic excellence"

. University of the West Indies, 1992

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Award of Distinction and Merit-Best Speaker-Debating Society, Taylor Hall, University

I of the West Indies, 1990

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Fel10w of the Organization of American States.. for academic excellence- scholarship,. OAS, 1990

, Fellow of Cambridge CommonwealthTrnst- for academic excellence- scholarship,i Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, 1996. Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship-full four year scholarship for Ph.D. Studies,

International Council foI"Canadian Studies, Canadian

~ Commonwealthscholarship and fel10wshipProgram, 1999-2003

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. Margaret Gillett Graduate Research Aw~d- for research on women and gender, Centrefor

I Research,andTea<:hingon Women,McGillUniveriliy,2002Achi ements

~ First woman in Antigua and Barbuda to be inducted into the Rotary Club, First woman in Antigua and Barbuda to be elected to the House of Representatives, First woman in Antigua and Barbuda to act as Prime Minister (January 20-22, 2005)

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Serves on the Cabinet Sub-Committee for Economic Delevelopment & Infrastructure(SCEDI) March 2004-present

SpeC) Skillsrl guages: English (fluent-spoken and written) French (basic), Spanish (basic)II1i chnical: Electronic editing in U-matic, VHS and Beta formatsII(] mputer: Adobe, Clarisworks, desktop publish.ing, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word for

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Powerpoint for Microsoft., Windows' 95, 98, Wordperfect for MAC, SPSS,Internet-savvy.

Mis~neoU8*111Head Girl, A:n:tiguaGirls' High School