Management Team

Mrs. Francine Black Richards currently serves the Agency as the Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing, a post she has held since May 2015.

Before she was appointed to this post, she served as Head of the Public Relations and Corporate Communications Branch for three months in 2010 and for the year, 2014.

Mrs. Black Richards started working with the Forestry Department in May 2010 as Public Relations and Communications Officer.

Before coming to the Agency, Mrs. Black Richards worked at the Gleaner Company as a News Reporter from 2003-2008 and as the Online Content Coordinator from 2008-2010.

She is a graduate of the Northern Caribbean University where she pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication with a Minor in Business Administration. She also holds a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Technology. Mrs. Black Richards is a member of the Press Association of Jamaica.

Miss Tanika Stewart is the Senior Director of Forest Enforcement Services. She has been employed by the Forestry Department since 2011 and has served in the capacities of Senior Compliance and Enforcement Officer and Forest Ranger.

Before coming to the Forestry Department, Miss Stewart worked as an Intern and Assistant Environmental Officer at the Water Resources Authority. 

She holds a Master of Science degree in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health, a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban and Region Planning, and an Associate degree in Environment Studies. She also has a NEBOSH International General Certification in Occupational Health and Safety.

She is guided by the philosophy, “every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence!”.

She enjoys bird watching, photography, and hiking.

Ms. Novelette Anderson currently serves the Agency as the Senior Director of Human Resource Management and Development. Before coming to the Forestry Department, Ms. Anderson served as HR Director at the Restaurant Associates Limited and Director, HR & Administrative Services at the Police Civilian Oversight Authority. She also served as HR Manager at Sandy Bay Sweets Limited and the Port Authority of Jamaica.

Ms. Anderson holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Nova Southeastern University, Florida and Bachelors in Management Studies from the University of the West Indies, Mona.

Mrs. Kadian Cruickshank currently serves the Agency as the Senior Director of Legal Services. Prior to joining the Forestry Department, she gained 10 years of experience in the legal field, particularly in the micro-finance sector.

Mrs. Cruickshank holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Technology, Jamaica and acquired her Certificate of Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School in 2014.

Mrs. Cruickshank believes that she is a public servant at heart and is guided by the principle outlined in Titus 2:7: “in everything set an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, reverence, incorruptibility”.

She is family-oriented and enjoys playing chess and table tennis.

Mrs. Madeka Henry Irving is the Senior Director of the Planning and Evaluation Branch at the Agency with over nine(9) years of extensive experience in research methodologies and statistical analyses, strategic management, programme monitoring and evaluation, project management, risk management, psychometrics, training, and development.

She holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Psychology(specialized in Organizational Psychology and Programme Evaluation), Master of Arts in Teaching, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Hons) from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.

Mrs. Henry Irving has received professional certification in Strategic, and Corporate Planning from the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) and Post Diploma in Management for Development Results from the International Center for Interdisciplinary Studies -CIESI.

Before coming to the Forestry Department, Mrs. Henry Irving served as Corporate Planner for the Jamaica Fire Brigade. She also served as Project Officer for Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Part-time lecturer for the International University of the Caribbean and Tutor in the Department of Sociology, Psychology, and Social Work at UWI.

Her philosophy is ‘all men are created equal and should be valued’.

Miss Davia Carty joined the Agency in 2011 as the Project Officer. In 2014, she moved into the post of Corporate Planning Analyst before later taking on her present responsibility as head of the Strategic Corporate Planning Unit.

Her experience prior to joining the Agency spans several years and organizations including the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), and the Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre. She was also a participant in a special internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an exchange student of the Political Science programme at the York University in Canada.

Miss Carty currently holds a Masters of Arts degree in International Political Economy from the University of Kent-Brussels School of International Studies (Belgium) and has certification/training in Project Management, Proposal Writing, Risk Management and Documentation and Process Mapping from the Bureau of Standards and University of the West Indies.

She is a member of the Young Adults Action Movement at the Webster Memorial United Church and also a member of various dance groups including the Praise Academy of Dance, the University Dance Society and the Movements Dance Theater Company of Jamaica.