Our Staff
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Georgia Scott -Executive Director
Georgia
has been with YOU since
2001 having taken over from the founder
and original Executive Director, Betty Ann Blaine.
Georgia
's passion is developing
the full potential of children.
Georgia
coordinates plans and manages the daily operational and administrative functions
of the organization.
Over the years she has garnered support – inclusive of financial, from international
donor agencies, private, and government organizations, effectively satisfying their
varied requirements for supported projects.
Her specialist areas are in design, implementation and curriculum development for
mentoring programmes, adolescent training, parenting education, teacher training
seminars and community development.
Georgia
is a graduate of
Excelsior
High School
,
Excelsior Community College
and The Mico Teachers College. She
has attended courses of the
Institute
of
Management
and Production and the University of the
West Indies
.
Some of
Georgia
’s many other affiliations are;
- President, Head of Members Council, Latin America
and
Caribbean
Region of CUSO.
- Board Member, National Steering Committee, ‘Values
and Attitude’
- Board Member,
Institute of Jamaica
, Junior Centre
- Partner with the Metropolitan Police Association
(London, UK)
Violence Prevention & Leadership Creation.
- Member - International Mentoring Association
(IMA)
Georgia
is an experienced Teacher, Lecturer, Trainer,
Consultant and Presenter to high & tertiary institutions, in formal and non-formal
adolescent and adult community.
Georgia
also has a passion for;
- Singing: Performing at social functions and Churches
- Health & Fitness
- Music
- Church Fellowship
- Pete Scott and her son Brandon
Mrs. Georgia Scott, who has been the Executive Director of Youth Opportunities Unlimited
since June 2001, is a dynamic and multi-talented lady with a strong yet gentle approach
to the challenges of our times.
She works extensively
in church and community development. The devoted mother of a 16 year old son, she
has a particularly soft spot for teenagers, and is an accomplished facilitator of
adolescent development — moral, physical, mental and spiritual.
Mrs. Scott is a graduate of
Excelsior High School
and Community College, the UWI,
IMP and the Mizpeh School of Intercession. She has been a foundation member of Aglow
International,
Jamaica
, an interdenominational Christian organization for women,
since its inception in 1985 and found time to serve as Vice President for Training
on the Eastern Area Board. A gifted singer, who enjoys solo performances, has also
been a member of the Jamaica Musical Theatre Company.
Mrs. Scott’s leadership at YOU has been highlighted by a dynamic expansion programme.
This has seen the organization playing a key role in a national violence prevention
thrust, undertaking commissioned community projects, and carrying out a special
outreach in the Grants Pen area, as well as expanding existing programmes. In December
2005, she was elected President of CUSO’s Members’ Council for the Latin American
and Caribbean Region.
The first woman to hold such a post with this Canadian-based international development
organization, Mrs. Scott sees her new role as a dynamic one which will allow her
to partner in developing CUSO’s positive mandate in the region.
georgia.scott@you-jamaica.com
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 Margaret
Denton - Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Margaret Denton is the longest serving member of the YOU team. As one of
the very first employees in 1991, she helped to set up the office systems which
she now administers, and has since added accounting tasks to her duties.
Mrs. Denton attended
Alston
Secondary School
(now a High School) in Clarendon and graduated from
Denham
Town
High School
in
Kingston
. She gained secretarial and other business skills from
the
Jamaica
College
Extension
School
and the
Jackie Swaby Business School
. More
recently, she studied Payroll and GCT (General Consumption Tax) Compliance Systems,
and completed in-service courses in Management Accounting and various computer skills
at the Jamaica Institute of Management and the Software Computer Training Centre
in
Kingston
.
Since joining YOU, Mrs. Denton has been a
warm-hearted, unofficial mentor to younger staff members, many mentors, and to
the youngsters served by the organization. She and her husband Delroy are the proud
parents of two sons and two daughters.
margaret.denton@you-jamaica.com
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 Petula
Manboard - Project Officer
Ms. Petula Manboard is the
Project Officer responsible for implementing YOU’s outreach programmes under Citizens’
Security and Justice Programme (CSJP). These take individual and group Mentoring,
Adolescent Workshops and Parenting Education to five inner city communities, as part of a
national violence-prevention drive.
Ms. Manboard is a graduate of
Mannings
School
in Westmoreland and of Suffolk
College of Higher and Further education in
Ipswich, England
, where she gained her
Higher National Diploma in Business and Finance. She went on to earn a BA (Hons)
in Theology, with Emphasis on Guidance and Counselling, from the Jamaica Theological
Seminary in
Kingston
, and is currently working towards her MA in Communication for
Social and Behaviour Change, at the UWI, Mona.
Before joining YOU in 2004, she served as Supervisor, Passenger Service with American
Airlines at the airports in
Kingston
and Montego Bay, and as Business Development
Executive at Power 106 Radio Station in
Kingston
. A strong communicator with a deep
commitment to youth and community development, Ms. Manboard is the Minister in charge
of youth affairs at Portmore Holiness Christian Church. She is the devoted mother
of two sons'.
petula.manboard@you-jamaica.com
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 Annelise
Christie - Project Officer/Mentor
Coordinator
Annelise joined the YOU
team in November 2004. She is a graduate of
Holy
Childhood
High School
and gained
a B.A. in Psychology from the University of the West Indies and a Diploma in Human
Resource Development from the
Institute
of
Management
and Production (University
College
of the
Caribbean
). Though she has worked in the communication field, her
first love is working with
young people. She has been doing this at her home church congregation
where she currently coordinates the Dance Ministry. Annelise, who has a special
attraction to the Arts, is also a senior dancer with Praise Academy of Dance. She
ardently coordinates the Mentoring Programme and delivers Life Skills Training to
youth in the community of
Trench Town
.
Miss Annelise Christie, who joined YOU in 2004, has brought new energy and creativity
to her post as Coordinator of the organization’s ‘flag ship’ Programme of One to
One Mentoring.
annelise.christie@you-jamaica.com
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 Craig
Mears - Project Officer
Parenting, Group Mentoring, Adolescent Workshops, Remedial interventions,
motivational Power Talks in schools, and
Capacity Building
for Teachers are among
the varied programme responsibilities of Project Officer Mr. Craig Mears.
A Kingston College Old Boy originally from Montego Bay, he holds a Certificate in Counselling
from the UWI School of Continuing Studies, a Certificate in Project Management
and Analysis from the accounting firm of BDO Jamaica, a Diploma in Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from the London Teacher Training
College (LTTC).
YOU is proud that Mr. Mears is a former YOU ‘mentee’ and High School Peer Counsellor. He joined the staff as a Project Officer
in 2002, while continuing his studies. With a keen understanding of the organization’s
objectives, Mr. Mears is deeply committed to empowering Jamaican adolescents to
achieve their full potential.
craig.mears@you-jamaica.com
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 Ian
Bignal - Bearer
Though having the title Bearer, in true NGO fashion
Mr. Bignall helps all of the office staff in whatever they need. When not riding
through Kingstons traffic on his Yamaha SR-250 motorcycle he can be seen photocopying,
answering the phone, packaging Christmas Cards as well as talking with the several
youth who visit YOU.
Whenever you are driving on the street, you can lookout for Mr. Bignall on his bike sporting
his Youth Opportunities Unlimited "T" Shirt.
ian.bignal@you-jamaica.com
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