Dr Inniss-Springer is a Certified Emergency Manager and Certified Continuity Manager with over 25 years’ experience in the disaster risk management having worked at the national, regional and international levels.  She currently sits as the Director of The UWI Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, and has extensive and diverse experience in capacity development, leadership and strategic planning, work programme development and project management, statistical analysis, logistics supply management, proposal development and grant writing, total quality management and process analysis.

Dr. Inniss-Springer holds a Master’s Degree in Health Studies from the University of Alabama and a Doctor of Health Sciences from A.T Still University in Missouri with a focus on Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, and has a plethora of regional experience, having worked with worked with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

(CDEMA), the Department of Disaster Management in the British Virgin Islands (The BVI) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

She has served on several national, regional and international committees, working groups and task forces focusing on enhancing capacity development, partnership and programme management, policy development, operations management and education in emergencies.