Biographical Note

NEW PERMAMENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DOMINICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Crispin Gregoire, the new Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Gregoire served for three years as Director of Consulting and Training for Africa and Latin America at BoardSource in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Gregoire has had a diversified career, in areas ranging from television news production to non-governmental organizations.  From 1993 to 1998, he was a Program Consultant for the Ford Foundation in New York.

From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Gregoire served as a Program Adviser to TechnoServe, Inc. in Norwalk, Connecticut.  Before that, he was Acting Director for the New York City Department of Health from 1989 to 1992.

Mr. Gregoire has also been a Field Office Director for the Save the Children Federation in Westport, Connecticut (1984-1989), an Associate Producer for CBS News in New York (1984), a Program Associate for Appropriate Technology International in Washington, D.C. (1982-1983) and an Adjunct Instructor at Brooklyn College in New York (1979-1980).

Educated in New York and Washington, D.C., Mr. Gregoire has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Columbia University and a Masters in Education from Howard University.

Born in 1956 in the Commonwealth of Dominica, Mr. Gregoire speaks English and Kweyol and is competent in French and Spanish.

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