New leadership for Caribbean Sport and Development Agency

It is with great pride that we introduce our colleague and brother, Ato Rockcliffe, who officially takes over the leadership of CSDA as of 1 June 2021.

Ato first joined CSDA as a youth intern from Guyana and a was member of the Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Project (CHLP) which was then coordinated by our Caribbean sister Kathy Harper-Hall.

Following his internship, Ato joined the CSDA staff as a Sport Development Officer, eventually taking on the lead role for our Kicking AIDS Out project, representing CSDA on the Kicking AIDS Out Network and facilitating workshops for youth leaders and volunteers across several Caribbean countries.

During his time in Trinidad, Ato continued to invest in his education and is now preparing to defend his doctoral thesis. He has been able to bridge the gap between theory and practice, bringing together his own lived experiences and understandings of youth and sport and society with his passion for research and the pursuit of knowledge.

We feel very confident that Ato would build on the foundation that we’ve developed, the lessons that we’ve learnt along the way and the challenges that we’ve overcome to take the Caribbean Sport and Development Agency forward with renewed energy and with a strong sense of commitment to the value of sport as a tool for human development.

We thank Ato for accepting the responsibility of leading a non-profit organization in these very difficult times and we ask you to join us in supporting him on his onward journey