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Jamaican-American Byron Fullerton earns full scholarship to GWU

3/20/2015

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Byron Fullerton
Jamaican-American Byron Fullerton is one of three District of Columbia Public Schools seniors awarded full scholarships to The George Washington University (GWU) during surprise events at their schools. The students, Byron Fullerton from McKinley Technology High School, Carlos Palencia from School Without Walls and Mario Velasquez from Benjamin Banneker Senior High School, were offered admission and the Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarship (SJT) which covers all tuition, room and board, books and fees for four years at the university, totaling over $200,000 per student.


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Carnival Corp. names Marie McKenzie as new VP of Global Destinations Services and Sourcing

3/12/2015

 
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Marie McKenzie
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CONGRATS! Jamaican-born Marie McKenzie has been named vice president of global destinations services and sourcing, a new role and function for ​Carnival Corporation and plc, the world's largest travel and leisure company.  As part of this new function, McKenzie will lead a team of brand experts who will assume responsibility for geographical regions on behalf of all nine brands, while also maintaining their reporting lines into the leadership structure of their respective brand. Together, they will coordinate and manage processes and relationships with tour operators and port services officials around the globe.

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"We are excited to have Marie take on this new role, and with her proven track record in her past 19 years at Carnival, we know she will lead this team to great success," said Alan Buckelew, chief operations officer for Carnival Corporation. "Having had global responsibilities in her previous role and partnering with the global strategy team, we know she will bring to this new role extensive knowledge of our operating companies and a deep understanding of our overall vision to work together across our nine brands to consistently exceed guest expectations."

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