Dorothy Pine-McClarty

To say Dorothy Pine-McClarty is exceptional is like saying the Eiffel Tower is nice to look at.

Mrs. Pine-McClarty has been a pioneer in the law arena. In 1974, she was the first woman to be made a partner at the prestigious Myers, Fletcher and Gordon law firm. Her achievements are even more striking because she started working there as an article clerk when she was in her teens. She was admitted to the Bar in 1967. When the firm opened its London office, she was invited to head it.

Council member

Away from her law work, she does service to her country by being an executive member of the Electoral Advisory Commission (EAC). She is also a member of the Internal Review/Appeals Tribunal in which persons who were denied documentsunder the Access To Information Act can appeal the decision. She is also a council member of the University of Technology.

Her efforts to help others are not limited to our shores. In the United Kingdom, she founded the Jamaica Basic Schools' Foundation and served with the Georgian Society. These are phenomenal strides for a humble lady from Portland.

Away from her law work, she does service to her country by being an executive member of the Electoral Advisory Commission (EAC).

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Carolyn Gomes

Dr. Carolyn Gomes has spent most of her life protecting others. As a practising paediatrician since 1980, she protected the health of children. In 2002, she abandoned her practice and donned another hat, protecting the human rights of Jamaica's citizens.

Dr. Gomes is executive director of Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ), a non-profit, non-violent, non-partisan citizens' rights action group. Formed in 1999, JFJ's primary focus is advocating against state abuse of rights and strengthening of existing protection for rights.

Following in footsteps

Before Gomes took on her current role, she was following the footsteps of her parents Denise Mitchell Thwaites, a medical doctor, and her father, Richard Thwaites, an obstetrician and gynaecologist. After graduating from the University of the West Indies, Dr. Gomes spent six years with her husband Dr. Richard Gomes in Trinidad. While there she was a resident at Port of Spain General Hospital. She returned to Jamaica in 1987 and worked at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. She went into private practice in 1989.

Dr. Gomes is the mother of four children. She enjoys writing poetry, current affairs and Jamaica. Her life motto: We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

This may explain a lot about this phenomenal woman.