Our Board of Directors

Dr. Dane Abbott, the current President of the SJAAAI, graduated from St.Joseph’s Academy in 1973. After spending 2 years doing “A” Level subjects at the Antigua Grammar School, he went to Halifax , Nova Scotia to attend St. Mary’s University for his B.Sc. degree, then to Dalhousie University where he obtained his M.D. and Obstetrics & Gynecology degrees. Dr. Abbott is presently a Consultant Obstetrician / Gynecologist at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) as well as engaging in private practice at The Women’s Clinic.
Dr. Abbott has been President of the Antigua and Barbuda Medical Association, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Adelin Medical Centre and Medical Director of Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (renamed SLBMC).
On Independence Day in 2018, Dr. Abbott received a National Award, the Order of Merit, for his role in eliminating the Transmission of HIV from mother to child in Antigua.

Dr. Lenworth Johnson, Esq. graduated from St. Joseph's Academy in 1973 and is the current Secretary of the St. Joseph’s Academy Alumni Association Inc. He is a chartered accountant and attorney-at-law. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Eastern Caribbean and a member of the Antigua and Barbuda Bar Association, the association for lawyers. He served as President of the Bar Association from 2018 to 2022. Dr. Johnson is also a former member of the Senate, the Upper House of Parliament, of Antigua and Barbuda. In 2019 he undertook doctoral studies at the University of the West Indies Global Campus and graduated with the degree of Doctor of Education in 2024.

Orden H W Joseph is the first Treasurer of the St. Joseph's Academy Alumni Association Inc. and a St. Joseph's Academy Class 1986 alumnus. He studied Data Processing Management at London City College and later obtained a qualification from the Association of Accountancy Technicians. He then completed the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants program at the London School of Accountancy. In late 1993, Orden and his wife returned to Antigua, where he joined the family businesses, Caribbean Distribution Co. and Christo's Supermarkets. His faith is important to him, and he currently serves on the St. John's Cathedral Vestry. He believes that with divine guidance, any goal is achievable. His personal philosophy is to "Live and Let Live, with Mutual Respect."

Trevor Gonsalves graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy in 1973 then I went to work at Virgin Islands National Bank until 1977. I left Antigua to attend St. Mary’s University in Canada where I graduated with a Diploma in Civil Engineering. I went on to the Technical University of Nova Scotia, where I graduated with a Batchelor of Civil Engineering with Distinction in 1982.
For the last few years at SJA until I left to go to study and when I returned to Antigua after studying, I was involved in designing and making carnival costumes for Dynamics.
In 1982, I returned to Antigua and started working at PWD as a Building Engineer for one year. I then moved on the Arnold Matthew & Associates for two years as the Project Coordinator for APUA water distribution pipes project involving All Saints Road; Valley Road from Crabb Hill to Old Road to Claremont; and from Cook’s Hill to Hawksbill Hotel. A total of over twenty-two miles of pipe was placed and two concrete storage tanks were built.
My next employment was with Gordon Belizaire & Partners for three years then I decided to become self employed.
Some of the projects that I worked on over the years are as follows: the Catholic Cathedral at Micheals Mount; APUA Headquarters on High Street & Independence Drive; London House on Cross & Long Street; ACT building on Market & Church Street; Weathered Building (Subway), and Benjie’s Mall on Redcliffe Street; Village Walk Mall, Caribbean Water Treatment office, and North Walk Mall on Friars Hill Road. I also worked on the two-storey extension to SJA.
I also do Property Valuations for banks and insurance purposes.
I live in Gambles Terrace on 1st. Avenue & Dr. Rosa Lee Drive and I have three children, a boy and two girls.

Dr. Conrad Powell-Clarke graduated from St. Joseph's Academy and entered the Congregatio Fatrum Christanium (CFC), completing the Novitiate and Sholasticate years at Christian Brothers College in Mono Mills, Ontario, Canada between 1973 and 1975.

In 1975 he continued his studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Geography. In 1981 after an eventful period of getting landed immigrant and citizenship status in Canada, getting married, doing basic military training, and creating new art, he completed his BSc, in spite of numerous setbacks.

From 1982 to 1984, he was back in the Caribbean, living and working in Antigua and Barbuda, teaching Science, Mathematics, Geography, Art and lots of other stuff at Christ The King (all girls) High School. In 1985 he was back at MUN completing a BEd degree in the teaching of Mathematics and the Earth Sciences. At the end of that program he returned to Antigua and did a teaching stint at SJA, mostly of Mathematics, Geography, Physics, Religion, and Guitar.

In 1988 he was offered the position of Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistical Analysis at the Antigua State College (ASC) in the Departments of: Teacher Education, and Advanced and Business Studies. He worked at these until 2004, when after 16 years of unbroken service at ASC, he officially retired from teaching, to pursue his religion - MUSIC!

While teaching at ASC (between 1988 and 2004), he completed a DOCTORAL DEGREE program in Metaphysical Sciences by correspondence and he went to the University of The West lndies, St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and finished a Masters of Education degree in Educational Administration and Mathematics Curriculum Engineering. That Degree granted was to him in 2000, through BOE Scholarship and he had the honour of meeting Sir Shridal Ramphal, and Dr Ellie Manette there at the convocation, while in his Indian dothi and smelling regally of Cosmic essence - BLACK GOLD.

Dr. Clarke returned to Canada 2004, and has been working on Art and music since then. Currently, he is writing a number of books on a variety of topics, soon to be published.

Meeting and keeping in touch with people are two of John's greatest loves. He still has friends from boys school. He feels it is fantastic to be in communication with friends from St. Joseph’s Academy. He started there in 1967. His automotive training commenced at Golden Grove Technical College in Antigua and continued in Canada. In Canada, he worked as an automotive technician, automotive instructor and automotive equipment training manager. The variety of experiences he underwent in his life, such as going to the ground (farm) with his neighbor, being a boy scout, a member of Little Theater Group, and learning a building trade from his father all helped to shape his life. He served on a school board and volunteered on many boards and committees in Toronto. He still does gardening and plays music (he is in a band) - these two activities keep him calm. His immediate family includes three children and six grandchildren.

Sydney Camacho is a class 1973 graduate.
On leaving school he began his first official job with LIAT (Leeward Island Air Transport) until it became LIAT 1974 Ltd. He then worked with the Lands and Survey department as its second ever cartographer. After this he went to Trinidad to CATI (Caribbean Aviation Training Institute). Upon obtaining an aircraft engineering license he returned to work for LIAT 1974 Ltd.
He later went to work with Lockheed Martin South Carolina. After applying for and obtaining an A+ computer certificate, he went to IKON Atlanta as a certified Canon copier technician and later obtained a Network Administrator Certificate. Subsequently, he worked for WACA (Warranty Corporation of America). The company left Atlanta, and he returned to Antigua 2009 to 2013 for a four-year retirement.
Sydney was then invited to work with TMI solutions to be an IT tech, the same work he did at WACA, IT phone support. He is now fully retired, which came during the COVID pandemic. He is now hosting semi-B&B accommodations for close relatives and friends at his Antigua home.