Adrienne Joan Duperly
Adrienne Joan Duperly, a former Miss Jamaica, was born and educated in Kingston.Ms. Duperly has a vision that a Sustainable Community Development discussion encompassing the Portland Parish Blue Lagoon region and adjacent communities can begin a process of renewal and improved quality of life for all residents. She is committed to the conduct of a Blue Lagoon Summit in 2010 to begin this process. Ms. Duperly presented a concept of the possibilities for Blue Lagoon Heritage and Sustainable Development concepts at the International Development Summer Congress of OIDA at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, on June 23, 2020. She believes preserving the Blue Lagoon as a National Heritage Site can be the catalyst for sustainably developing this rural coastal community.

Ms. Duperly’s passion for environmental, economical, educational and social equity among rural coastal communities led to development of community based women’s organization ORBA (Ocho Rios Braiders Association) in 1987 under the auspices of Jamaica Tourist Board. In 1985 she founded Carib Art Treasures and Visual Art Guild in St. Mary, to accommodate groups of Intuitive Artists and Craft Producers develop sustainable marketable skills. Her musical folk play “The Dream Mountain” was produced to aid Mona Rehabilitation Centre under the Patronage of Sir John & Lady Golding sponsored by The Friends of the Handicapped and United nations Women’s League was awarded Critic’s accolades, this work continues. She taught Drama briefly at Columbus Prep School in St. Ann’s Bay, a member of St. Ann’s Bay Library Services, Ocho Rios Branch Library and Ocho Rios Performing Arts and Visual Council Committees. In Ocho Rios Ms. Duperly organised various Community workshops some sponsored by Jamaica Commission for UNESCO/ UNESCO Clubs in Schools. From 1992 until 2006 she closely collaborated with Sr. Mary Stephanie Grey FM, Director of Holy Childhood High School on a number of projects in Kingston and Boscabel, becoming a Franciscan Missionary Associate. Ms. Duperly’s second home is Canada where her children and grandchildren reside. Her profit based entrepreneurial and culture based product development and marketing skills as Pier 21 Museum founding Gift Shop Manager, Buyer, Product and Cruise Market Developer have been bench-marked by Pier 21 Non- Profit Society Executive Board of Directors. Adrienne can be contacted at e-mail: adriennejoan@eastlink.ca.

Beverly Duperly Boos
Jamaican Beverly Duperly Boos is an active part of the living framework of some of the brightest minds and efforts on “doing business for good” with Master’s Certificates in Sustainable Business Development and Sustainable Intra/Entrepreneurship from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute. Currently Bev is an ALB candidate at Harvard University with a concentration in the Social Sciences. She is working with the Harvard Graduate School of Education as part of the Distributed Collaborative Learning Community, a research team studying technology for 21c learning,

Bev is one of a select, global network of Climate Project presenters trained by the Honorable Al Gore, and is conversant on the latest climate change science and related business leadership perspectives. In digital imagery, Bev specializes in photographing “essence”—from the most disenfranchised by conflict and poverty—to Prime Minister and Pope. Bev’s photographic work in Vietnam, Israel-Palestine and the Caribbean has been used as a foundation for traveling exhibits and educational curricula. Through a focus on “Education through the Arts,” Bev has designed community forums on topical, intergenerational issues—including sustainability, climate change, war & conflict—to empower and engage communities. Bev can be contacted at e-mail: bkboos@fas.harvard.edu.

R. Warren Flint, Ph.D.
Dr. R. Warren Flint is an internationally-recognized sustainability specialist and change agent for communities wanting to improve or reinvent themselves and for organizations wanting guidance on overall sustainable practices that are sound, effective, and successful. Dr. Flint has run his own consulting business, Five E's Unlimited, for the past 12 years. Through his career Warren has exhibited a unique set of skills, being able to ground his sustainable community development facilitation talent in 25 years of content expertise as a university researcher and teacher in environmental studies, ecological systems, and sustainability science. He has provided leadership for many projects focused upon multi-discipline, international inquiries into scientific, technological, and societal problems related to the management and remediation of large ecosystems to help communities, organizations, and governments achieve sustainability goals. He brings a distinctive set of experiences to his consulting, speaking, and academic activities. He is able to solve complex problems in natural resources management by enabling individuals, communities, and public sector groups to pursue sustainable development strategies targeting integrated change toward sound economic health, social equity, and ecological improvement in transformative, transparent, participatory ways. For further information on Dr. Flint's background you can visit his Biographical Informatiton web pages. Warren can be contacted at e-mail: rwflint@eeeee.net.

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