Rosalea Hamilton, LLB, Ph.D. (Econ.), Founding Director

Professor Hamilton is currently Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the LASCO Chin Foundation leading an innovative approach to breaking the cycle of poverty and crime among at-risk youths in crime-prone communities. In May 2018, she concluded a 10-year tenure as Vice President of Community Service & Development at the University of Technology, Jamaica, after leading the USA-funded Fi Wi Jamaica Project from 2015-2018, a national social intervention Project to expand a window of opportunity for the protection and promotion of human rights of targeted socially excluded and vulnerable Jamaicans.

A well-known international trade expert, who has been at the forefront of public education on trade, governance and other socio-economic matters, she has taught extensively at the graduate and undergraduate levels both in the USA and Jamaica, served as Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and has engaged in consultancies with various government agencies and other international organizations. Prof. Hamilton’s activities and research in the fields of entrepreneurship, law, economic development, as well as social and economic justice, has become her “big life mission” and will undoubtedly shape her vision and strategic direction for the LASCO Chin Foundation in the years to come.