Barbara Atherly replaces Brentnol Evans as Consul General in New York

Ms. Atherly will replace Brentnol Evans who served in the post for over 10 years under the previous government and for the first year of the coalition government. Evans has been off of the job for several weeks as preparations were being put in place for the new Consul General.

Barbara Atherly replaces Brentnol Evans as Consul General in New York

The Government of Guyana has chosen former UNICEF Education Specialist, Barbara Atherly as the next Guyana Consul General in New York.

Ms. Atherly will replace Brentnol Evans who served in the post for over 10 years under the previous government and for the first year of the coalition government.  Evans has been off of the job for several weeks as preparations were being put in place for the new Consul General.

As Consul General, Atherly is expected to push the government’s plans and programmes in the New York area where thousands of Guyanese nationals live. She will also serve as the Diplomatic representative of the government in that community while supporting the work of the Guyana Ambassador to the U.S who is based in Washington at the Guyana Embassy.

Ms. Atherly served  as Education Specialist in UNICEF Mozambique, during the year 2008. Prior to that she worked in the UNICEF India Country Office as head of the Tsunami Recovery Programme in southern India.

She has over 15 years of experience in UNICEF beginning as a National Project Officer (Education) and she has since served in various capacities in Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Before joining UNICEF, she worked at the Guyana Management Institute as a Researcher/Lecturer and also served on the Government of Guyana/Inter-American Development Bank Primary Education Improvement Project.

She holds a Master’s degree in Applied Social Sciences, a Bachelors of Social Science, and a Trained Teachers’ Certificate.

The new Consul General is expected to take up her new post within the coming weeks.

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