A Dedicated Fellowship

The CPSI envisions a Caribbean where the economic and social policies are not only forward-thinking but also deeply rooted in the region’s rich cultural heritage and demographic realities. We believe that by promoting classical liberal economic principles alongside a nuanced understanding of the region’s socio-political landscape, we can foster an environment where free markets, reduced import taxes, and private sector involvement in public services thrive, ultimately benefiting the region’s people.

In essence, our vision is not just about policy reform; it’s about inspiring a movement. It’s about empowering Caribbean societies to envision a future where their unique blend of intellectual mixing, cultural vibrancy, and economic potential is not only recognized but also fully realized. We are committed to being at the forefront of this transformation, catalysing change, and ushering in a new era of Caribbean progress.

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Directors

Rasheed Griffith

Rasheed is the Director of Emergent Ventures Africa & the Caribbean at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue, and an Innovation Fellow with Schmidt Futures. He cofounded Merkle Hedge, a high-frequency trading firm. Previously, he was the Head of Compliance of a hyper-growth FinTech firm in the Philippines. He has testified before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC).

Shane Glynn

Shane is an adjunct professor at UC Law, San Francisco and an advisor to advanced technology startup companies including MobileCoin Inc., which he co-founded in 2018. Prior to working with startups, he was a product counsel at Google providing legal oversight for a range of telecommunications products including Google Fiber, and Google’s Pixel line of smartphones. He has a law degree from UC Hastings College of the Law, and has worked at the law firms of Perkins Coie LLP and King & Spalding LLP.

Dr. Delisle Worrell

Delisle is a member of the Bermuda Financial Policy Council, the Bretton Woods Committee, Washington DC, and the College of Central Bankers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He was Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados 2009–17. He founded the Bank’s Research Department in 1973, and he subsequently oversaw the establishment of its Banking Supervision and Information Technology Departments. He spent a decade on the staff of the International Monetary Fund from 1997.

Dr. Ria Persad

Ria is the founding CEO of StatWeather. She studied mathematics and physics at Harvard, Princeton, and Cambridge Universities. She performed earth and solar system modeling at NASA and went on to model geophysical systems at Bell Geospace. She developed long-range weather prediction systems, peer-reviewed among academia and U.S. Department of Defense scientists. She models complex systems for the U.S. Space Program and is an innovative Subject Matter Expert.

Senior Fellows

Dr. Karsten Müller

Karsten is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the National University of Singapore Business School. Karsten’s work is frequently cited by media outlets such as The New York Times, The Economist, Financial Times, Time Magazine, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, CNN, The Guardian, and many others. He received his Ph.D. in Business and Management from the University of Warwick in 2018

Niel Harper

Neil was previously a Member of the United Nations Information Security Special Interest Group (UNISSIG) and is currently a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Risk & Corporate Governance Working Group. Niel also serves on the Professional Standards Working Group of the UK Cyber Security Council and as a Board Director and Vice-Chair, Audit Committee at ISACA.

Dr. Justin Ram

Justin was previously Director of the Economics Department at the Caribbean Development Bank. Before joining the CDB, Justin’s experiences included: Senior Global Economist with Worley Parsons, Supervisory economist with the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority, Technical Director with Jacobs Engineering and as an economist with the UK government’s Department for Transport.

Dr. Tarron Khemraj

Tarron is the William and Marie Selby Chair and Professor of Economics and International Studies at New College of Florida. Khemraj has two primary research areas: the political economy of development with special emphasis on the English-speaking Caribbean and the Guianas (Guyana and Suriname); and monetary macroeconomics with focus on the United States and other developing economies.

Fellows

Tianyu Fang

Tianyu, currently at Standford University, is a MacArthur Tech and Democracy Fellow at New America. Previously, he was a co-founder of Chaoyang Trap, a newsletter about life on the Chinese internet. He covered Chinese technology, politics, and culture as a freelance journalist in Beijing.

Sebastian Naranjo

Sebastian is a Foreign Services Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama. He is a PhD candidate at Renmin University of China with a dissertation focusing on China’s political relations with Central America and the Caribbean. He was the host of the Chinomania Podcast.

Kenidi Prescod

Kenidi is an Attorney-at-Law based in Barbados with a focus on criminal law and intellectual property law. She has also served in various People Operations and Human Resource Management roles in the FinTech industry and agribusiness industry.

Ethan Knecht

Ethan was previously a government relations counselor and deputy director of the Washington International Business Council. He is currently in graduate school in Taiwan and is the author of the Chaufa Newsletter.