KARLENE M. CHINQUEE, M.D., F.A.C.O.G,
President & CEO, Chairperson, Board of Directors
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The founder of Heartbeats of the World is Dr. Karlene ChinQuee, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and attended Ardenne High School
for the first two years before leaving for the United States. Dr. ChinQuee is a board certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist.
DIANE ASHTON, M.D., M.P.H., Vice President and Director
Obstetrician/Gynecologist. Associate Director, March of Dimes National Office, New York.
THELMA JOHNSON, Treasurer and Director
Retired Hotel Executive, Director of Housekeeping and Maintenance, Helmsley Corporation.
ROBERT LONGMAN, Secretary and Director Of Counsel; Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP; former Vice President –
General Counsel, Celanese Corporation and Hoechst Celanese Corporation
PATRICIA CHIN, OD, Director
Founder V-P Records
DAVID M. LEBER, Director
CEO, Leber-Andesa Advisors, Inc.
KATHRYN LEBER, Director
Educator
ROBERT DeSOUZA, Director
CEO, Trans-Continental Express Shippers
SABRINA HoSANG, Director
Chief Operating Officer, Caribbean Food Delights
VINCENT HoSANG, OD, Director
President, Caribbean Food Delights
Heartbeats of the World is very fortunate to have the benefit of advice and guidance from many distinguished honorary chairpersons, honorary advisors, advisors and supporters, whose names are listed below.
Honorary Chairpersons
THE HON. DR. BASIL BRYAN
Former Ambassador and Consul General of Jamaica
THE HON. HARRY J. FOUCHE
Economist, Former Consul General of Haiti in New York
THE HON. GENEIVE BROWN METZGER
Consul General of Jamaica
THE HON. LENNOX O. PRICE
Consul General of Barbados
THE HON. DR. HAROLD ROBERTSON
Consul General of Trinidad and Tobago
Honorary Advisors
FATHER GREGORY RAMKISSOON
Executive Director, Mustard Seed Communities
WENDY FITZWILLIAM
Executive Director, Hibiscus Foundation
Miss Universe 1998
REVEREND CANON CALVIN C. MCINTYRE
Church of the Good Shepherd
MICHAEL J. TAMURA
Author and Lecturer
Advisors and Supporters
Judith Alexis, RN
Barbara Bartlik, MD
Maurice Beer, MD
AnnMarie Breda
Beverly and Sam Carlson
Karen Carzo
Julie Chapin, Esq.
Celia Christie-Samuels, MD, MPH, FAAP
Michael Divon, MD
John Driscoll
Ouida Duncan
Mistie Eltrich
Ann Evans
Theresa Gayle, LPN
Gladys George
Lorna Golding
Tatyana Golovyna
Eustace and Florence Gordon
Sommer Haynes
Harold Irons
Marcel Jarrett
Charles B. Johnson
Marc Kasowitz, Esq.
Ranya Khalil, Esq.
Erica Kim
Richard Kirshenbaum
David Leber
Kathy Leber
Michael Longman
Rodney Longman
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Marie Dominique-Lougine, RN
Blythe Lovinger, Esq.
Tonya Lowther
Leisa Smith Lundy, Esq.
Rachel Mauro
Angelo Maxwell
Hyacinth Meizle, RN, JP
Alexis Moore, PhD
Sabrina Mitchell, Esq.
Rosetta Mullings-Ffriend, RN
Orla Nallon
Kerice Pinckney, MD
Roger Posy
Nadia Riley
Derrick Roberts
Denine Rodney
Michele Rodney, JD
Daniel and Joanna Rose
Tony Schulte
Tamer Seckin, MD
Beverlyn Smith, RN
Pamela Threets, RN
Sandra Tully
Donald Vacca
Karen Weiner, Esq.
Wingate Wellington
Winthrope Wellington
Helen White
Jenny Winship
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Dr. ChinQuee has been awarded the 2008 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, which recognizes distinguished Americans from various ethnic backgrounds who made significant contributions to our national heritage. The list of past recipients includes Presidents Reagan, Ford, Clinton and George H.W. Bush, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Muhammad Ali, Joe DiMaggio, Barbara Walters, Donald Trump and Lee Iacocca.
In 2009 Dr. ChinQuee received the Shining Star Award from the Lenox Hill Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology for her leadership of Heartbeats of the World. In 2010, Dr. ChinQuee received the Vice Chancellor’s Award from the Foundation for the University of the West Indies for her leadership of Heartbeats of the World.
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