PRESS RELEASE – On Thursday, June 1st, 2023, the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society (BHFNPS) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM). During the elections for a new Council of Management, the President and the then existing Council was largely returned unopposed, that is, except that a new Governor Representative was elected; Ms. Leah Chaderton, and the new Government Representatives will be appointed by the Government shortly.
The new Council of Management is therefore:
Mr. D. Michael Morton, CBE, JP – President
Mr. David Lake – Vice President
Mr. Schneidman Warner – Honorary Treasurer
Mrs. Antionette Frederick-Armstrong – Governor Representative
Mr. Leah Chaderton – Governor Representative
St. Kitts Marine Works – Corporate Member Representative
Greg’s Safaris – Corporate Member Representative
Mr. Basil Woods – Ordinary Member Representative
Mr. Walford Gumbs – Ordinary Member Representative
Ms. Tassaney Steinbergen – Student Member Representative
Mr. Michael Martin – Honorary Secretary (Ex Officio)
Mr. Percival Hanley – General Manager (Ex Officio)
The Accounting firm of Clifton Parry was re-appointed as auditors.
The Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park Society is a membership organization incorporated under the Companies Act and was founded in 1965 for the main purpose of restoring, preserving and managing the historic Brimstone Hill Fortress.
The Fortress, a UNESCO World heritage Site, is a 17th and 18th-century military complex designed by the British and built by enslaved Africans. The centuries-old fortress is a testimony to European colonial expansion, the African slave trade and the emergence of new societies in the Caribbean.
