Alissandra Cummins
Alissandra Cummins, GCM, FMA, is Director of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society and currently serves as Board Chair of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience as well as the Barbados National Commission for UNESCO and the Barbados National Art Gallery Board. She was elected President of the International Council of Museums (2004-2010) having previously served as Chairperson of its Advisory Committee for six years. A recognized authority on Caribbean heritage, museum development and art, she was awarded the Barbados Government's Gold Crown of Merit in 2005. and as a member of the Commonwealth Association of Museums’ eminent Cowrie Circle. She was elected a Fellow of the Museums Association (UK) and was awarded a Salzburg Global fellowship. Ms. Cummins lectures part time on Heritage and Museum Studies at the University of the West Indies and is occassional lecturer with the University of St Andrews, Scotland. She has also served as chair/vice chair and/or member in a number of regional and international heritage programmes and publications, instruments and entities, including President of the Executive Board of UNESCO (2009-2011)International Advisory Committee of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme and Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Intangible Heritage