Hattie Hill serves as the President and CEO of the T.D. Jakes Foundation. She is a senior executive and transformational leader with more than 30 years of experience in diversity and inclusion strategy, board governance, profit and loss management, and risk mitigation for multinational industries.
She works to provide the skills, education, and training to lift communities, increase diversity and inclusion, and gender equity, and power the modern global economy through science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) jobs.
Mr. Hill is an Advisor focusing on just energy transitions advocacy at NRGI. He has 30 years of experience working at the nexus of international climate and development issues. He has followed the UN climate change process closely since 1992, and worked on a range of climate action issues including carbon markets, adaptation, and climate finance. He has advised and supported several governments in Latin America, while working primarily with third sector organizations. Mr. Hill holds a MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a BA in Asian Studies and Government from Dartmouth College, and a certificate in Macroeconomic Policy from the Brandeis International Business School.
Kristina Hinds is a the Head of the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus and a Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the same university.
She holds a PhD in International Relations (LSE), an MA in International Relations from the University of Kent, a PGDip in University Teaching and Learning from the University of the West Indies and a BA in International Development Studies from the St. Mary’s University.
She has published a book, Civil Society Organisations, Governance and the Caribbean Community, as well as journal articles and book chapters on a variety of topics relating to Caribbean governance and International Relations/Political Economy. Hinds has served on several bodies within the International Studies Association (2015-2021) and as the Caribbean Studies Association’s Programme Chair (2019-2021).
She is one of the hosts of “Down to Brass Tacks”, a Barbadian current affairs radio show; has represented Barbados as national Field Hockey Goalkeeper; and has served as the Female Vice-President of the Barbados Hockey Federation (2016-2018).
Michelle Hinkson-Cox is Artistic Director at Barbados Community College.
Michelle, has been involved in theatre for over 30 years. She is a playwright, producer, director and theatre educator. In 2006, Michelle completed her Bachelor’s in Theatre Arts at the University of the West Indies (St. Augustine campus), and then began her career as a theatre educator at the University’s Centre for Creative and Festival Arts. In 2009, she gained her Master of Arts qualification at the University of London where she studied Applied Drama: Theatre in Educational, Community and Social Contexts. Michelle is presently the Coordinator for the Associate Degree in Theatre Arts at the Barbados Community College and a part-time lecturer at UWI’s Cave Hill Campus, where she is also working towards her PhD.
She is a founding member of two theatre companies in Barbados: Rhema Artistic Consultants and Theatre Services and Bimprov.
Professor Ho is a leading scholar in public administration, especially in the subfields of performance management and budgeting, e-government, and citizen engagement. He has actively pursued multi-disciplinary research and has extensive research partnerships in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. He also advocates the importance of engaged research and believes that public administration research should strive to inform practice and be socially relevant and impactful. Many of his publications are the results of academic-practitioner collaboration and community engagement, including collaboration with different local governments in the U.S. and China and with different national and international organizations, such as the China Development Research Foundation and the Asian Development Bank.
Prior to returning to Hong Kong, where he was born and grew up, Professor Ho has taught at various academic institutions in the U.S. Professor Ho also has had extensive leadership experience within the university and in his professional field. Besides being a program director at two different academic institutions and leading various university and school initiatives, he was the Secretary of the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) in 1999-2000, a founding member and the President of the China-America Association of Public Affairs (CAAPA) in 2011-2012, and an elected member of the National Council of the American Society of Public Administration in 2015-2018. In 2017-2020, he was also an Associate Editor of Public Performance and Management Review. Since 2019, he has been an Associate Editor of Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management.
Professor Ho is a committed teacher. He has received teaching awards in all three academic institutions before joining the faculty of City University of Hong Kong. In 2018, his contributions to student learning and his impacts on student development and local communities were recognized by the Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), the international accreditation authority of public administration and public affairs programs based in the U.S.
Aik Hoe Lim is Director of the Trade and Environment Division at the World Trade Organization and leads its work on environmental sustainability, climate change and trade, as well as on the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. With over 25 years of experience in trade policy, he has played a key role in strengthening the WTO’s engagement on environmental sustainability in support of the WTO membership and the Committee on Trade and Environment, as well as other member-led initiatives.
He has deepened the secretariat's role and expertise on trade, environment and climate change and enhanced its partnerships with organizations such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS), the World Bank, UNCTAD, OECD, and the World Economic Forum. He spearheaded the establishment of WTO’s Trade and Environment Week, now a flagship annual event. He coordinates and leads WTO Secretariat's participation at climate change COPs and its contribution to Trade Day at COPs. He joined the WTO in 1999 and served in the External Relations Division, the Director-General's Cabinet and the Trade in Services Division.
He was previously Counsellor to two WTO Director-Generals, Adviser to the Director General’s Consultative Group on the Future of the WTO, and Secretary to WTO committees, working groups and negotiating bodies on services trade and domestic regulation. He represents the WTO in various environmental fora including the UN Environmental Management Group and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and was a member of the Advisory Board of the UNEP Global Environmental Outlook.
Aik Hoe Lim is Director of the Trade and Environment Division at the World Trade Organization and leads its work on environmental sustainability, climate change and trade, as well as on the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. In this role, he has strengthened WTO's partnership with UNEP as well as other international environmental organizations. He led the establishment of WTO's Trade and Environment Week, which is now an annual flagship event for the organization. He joined the WTO in 1999 and served in the External Relations Division, the Director-General's Cabinet and the Trade in Services Division. He was previously Counsellor to two WTO Director-Generals, Advisor to the Director‑General's Consultative Group, and Secretary to WTO committees, working groups and negotiating bodies on services trade and domestic regulation. He represents the WTO in the UN Environmental Management Group and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the UNEP Global Environmental Outlook. Some of his publications include contributions to the "Research Handbook on Climate Change and Trade Law" (2017); "Win-Win: How International Trade Can Help Meet the Sustainable Development Goals" (2017); and an edited volume on "WTO Domestic Regulation and Services Trade" (2014).