Lenita Joseph

Ms. Lenita Joseph is currently the Permanent Secretary in the Department of Infrastructure, Ports and Transport, a post she has held from August 2023.  She is a career Public Official with over 36 years of unbroken service to the Government of Saint Lucia.

Ms. Joseph spent many years in the Ministry of Planning in various capacities including Crown Lands Officer and Research Officer in the Department of Housing.  In recent years, she has held the post of Chief Transport Officer, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Equity, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Department of Infrastructure.

In her current appointment as Permanent Secretary, she also serves as Deputy Chairperson of the Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority (SLASPA), Chairperson of the Cabinet appointed Maritime Advisory Committee, member of the recently established Saint Lucia Chamber of Shipping and member of the Air Transport Licensing Board.  She also serves as focal point on a number of regional bodies such as the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization, representing the interests of the Government of Saint Lucia.

She holds an MBA in Project Management from Henley Management College in the UK and postgraduate diploma in Project Management from Cambridge University.  Other professional certifications include

• Road Traffic Injury Prevention from the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit
• Integrated Urban Transport Planning with the World Bank Institute
• International Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Document Examination, Caribbean Institute of Forensic Accounting (CIFA)
• Fraud & Forensic Auditing, Caribbean Institute of Forensic Accounting (CIFA)
• Social Analysis and Participatory Project Development, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and Caribbean Consulting Group (CCG)
• Advanced Negotiation Skills, UNDP/Harvard-MIT, Consensus Building Institute (CBI)

She is a Chartered Director of the Caribbean Governance Training Institute.

Philanthropically, Ms. Joseph is dedicated to community service as a member and twice President of the Rotary Club of Gros Islet.  Other interests include gardening and needlework.