The Executive

Marcia Creary (President): Mrs. Marcia Creary is the Environmental Data Manager at the Caribbean Coastal Data Centre in the Centre for Marine Sciences, UWI where she oversees the processing, analysis, archiving and reporting on regional and local coastal ecosystems data. Mrs. Creary has been involved in the regional climate change initiatives since 2000, with specific responsibilities for the assessment of climate change impacts on coral reefs in Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean. She has also reviewed the impacts of climate change on agriculture, food security and water resource within the region. Her current responsibilities also include project administration and liaison with local, regional and international organization in the acquisition of data and implementation of projects. She has also conducted environmental studies related to wetland succession, productivity, water quality, plankton communities, sewage impacts, environmental impact assessments, environmental audits and environmental guidelines. Mrs. Creary has been a member of the JIEP Council since 2003, Chairperson of the Conference Committee since 2005 and President since 2008.

Eleanor Jones (Vice President): Eleanor Jones has given over thirty years of professional service to education, training, policy, strategy, and systems development in the fields of environment and disaster risk management, and project development. Committed to driving change through corporate strategy, public awareness and education, Ms Jones has been engaged in an international consulting practice for over twenty years, having lectured in the Dept of Geography at the University of Wisconsin and University of the West Indies for four and thirteen years respectively. Ms Jones, has developed outstanding expertise in the analysis and management of the interrelationships between human activity and natural environments, and is solutions- and results-oriented. She serves on the Boards of several professional and public service entities, and has received many civic awards for outstanding leadership in the field of environmental awareness, environmental leadership, and community development. Ms Jones received tertiary education at Hunter College, City University of New York, University of Wisconsin and University of New Orleans, and is a founding partner and consulting principal of Environmental Solutions Ltd., and ESL Management Solutions Ltd., environmental services, risk reduction and engineering firms registered in Jamaica.

Sean Townsend (Treasurer): Mr. Townsend is currently pursuing Ph.D studies in Oceanography at the University of the West Indies. He studies surround s the description of phytoplankton abundance along the Hellshire Coastline, St. Catherine Jamaica. He was formally the Focal Point for the Jamaica Clearing House-Mechanism and the Biosafety Clearing House under the Convention for Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety from 2006- 2008, operating out of the Institute of Jamaica. He was also the national lead for the Invasive Species Network of the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN). As a result, he is very active in bringing about increased public awareness on the impacts of invasive alien species in the Caribbean. Mr. Townsend has been a member of the JIEP since 2007 and is current serving as Secretary (2008-2010)

Danae Vaccianna (Secretary): Danae Vaccianna is a practicing environmentalist for 8 years, having worked in the construction, Protected Area Management and Urban and Regional Planning and Development  Fields.