Edna Manley gets new board of directors
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September 4, 2019

Edna Manley gets new board of directors

Cabinet has approved a new Board of directors for the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA).

Marigold Harding remains as chair, along with ex-officio member and Principal of the college, Dr. Nicholeen DeGrasse-Johnson. Donahue Martin also previously on the Board, is vice-chairman. There are six new members: Coleen Douglas, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, Professor Sylvia Kouwenberg, Dorraine Reid, Jo-Anne Archibald, and Alison Dixon-Stone.

Seven members of the previous Board have been retained.

Education minister Karl Samuda made the announcement Wednesday (Sept 4) at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The new Board will be in place for three years, effective immediately.

The EMCVPA has been at the centre of controversy since May after a female student made public claims that a male lecturer sexually harassed her.

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