TEACH is governed by a Board of Directors that meets up to 4 times per year across Jamaica. The teaching team which consists of local and foreign teachers (including Rhodes Scholars) operate full-time during the summer months, and are managed by the Executive Director. Friends in USA and Canada who are passionate about our cause volunteer to plan and execute fundraising events for TEACH.
Meet the Board:
Mariame McIntosh Robinson, Founder & Board Chair
Mariame McIntosh Robinson (Board Chair), as founder of TEACH Caribbean, was responsible for developing the concept, securing seed financing and hiring a team in Jamaica to execute the 3 year pilot. In her current role as Board Chair, she is primarily responsible for fundraising with a focus on Foundations and the Diaspora living in the United States of America. Mariame is a former President of Qenta (Houston-based fintech firm) and President & CEO of First Global Bank, a commercial bank in Jamaica. Prior to joining FGB, Mariame was a Partner at Portland Private Equity, an institutional mid-market private equity fund focused on the Caribbean. Mariame is a Corporate Director serving on various Boards across North America and the Caribbean and has a strategy, leadership and business transformation advisory firm. Mariame obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School, M. Phil in Economics from Oxford University, and BSc. in Electrical Engineering from MIT. She is the Jamaica Rhodes Scholar for 1998.
Wynette Miller-Terrelonge, Executive Director
Wynette Miller-Terrelonge (Executive Director) is the Executive Director for TEACH Caribbean as well as a member of the Board, and she resides in Manchester, Jamaica. In her role, she is responsible for Operations which primarily consists of summer programme management and financial and metrics reporting. Wynette was the Chief Financial Officer for WINDALCO (formerly known as Alcan Jamaica Co.). She brings decades of experience in management and finance to TEACH. Wynette is a graduate of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Peter Goldson, Board member
Nadeen Matthews Blair, Board Member
Peter Goldson (Board member) is a member of the founding team for TEACH Caribbean. As a member of the Board, Peter oversees the disbursement and intake of all funds for the organization. Peter is currently the Managing Partner at Myers, Fletcher and Gordon, a leading international law firm, in their Kingston office, where he focuses on corporate commercial law. Peter attended University of the West Indies and Norman Manley Law School where he graduated with first class honors. Peter is the Jamaica Rhodes Scholar for 1985. He is also currently the Secretary for the Rhodes Selection Process for Jamaica & the Caribbean where he is responsible for overseeing the selection process for Jamaican and Caribbean Rhodes Scholars as well as the Rex Nettleford Scholarship awarded to a qualified Caribbean student in cultural studies.
Nadeen Matthews Blair (Board member) joined the Board of TEACH Caribbean in 2025. She is the Founder and CEO of Crescent Advisory Group, an advisory firm specializing in AI and digital transformation, workforce development and executive coaching. Nadeen brings over 20 years of experience from McKinsey & Company, JPMorgan Chase and National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB), where she led functions including strategy, marketing, digital transformation and analytics. As CEO of the NCB Foundation for ten years, she led a more than 200% increase in the annual number of education programme beneficiaries. She also launched scholarships for students pursuing digital and technology degrees and introduced digital upskilling programmes such as Level Up, for citizens with limited access to tertiary education. She is a member of Jamaica's National AI Task Force and Chair of the Jamaica Artificial Intelligence Association Advisory Board. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a B.Sc. in Financial Economics from Binghamton University.