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Jean Lowrie-Chin (born December 5, 1951) is communications consultant, seniors advocate, author and newspaper columnist in Kingston, Jamaica.〔A biography in the Jamaica Gleaner: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060703/business/business1.html〕 She is the founder and managing director of (PROComm (PRO Communications Limited) ) and also the founder-CEO of (CCRP (Caribbean Community of Retired Persons ))〔The Caribbean Community of Retired Persons: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100416/cleisure/cleisure1.html〕 == Education and Career == Lowrie-Chin was born in 1951 to her parents Maisie and Sydney Gopaulsingh in Westmoreland, Jamaica. Her widowed mother later married noted Accountant Joscelyn E. Lowrie, who adopted her four children and was an exemplary father. The family moved to the capital city Kingston, where she attended Alpha Preparatory School, the Convent of Mercy Academy 'Alpha' for Girls, and then the University of West Indies from 1970–73, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Literature. She returned to UWI to complete an MA in literature in 1987. She worked at the now defunct Jamaica Daily News as a journalist before teaching at Calabar High School. She left to become a PR Officer at Carifesta 76 (a Caribbean festival,) before she joined Dunlop Corbin Compton Advt as a PR Manager. She launched her own company in December 1978 - PRO Communications Ltd. In 1988, her husband, engineer Hubert Chin joined the company bringing his expertise in Information Technology which resulted in great success for the company. PROComm Ltd was instrumental in building several brands in Jamaica, and developing affirmation programmes for teachers, nurses, police officers and household workers. The firm has provided public relations, advertising and marketing services to several local and international corporations and organisations. These include Digicel, Food for the Poor, the Norwegian Seafood Export Council, Wray & Nephew Ltd, Pepsi, Sandals Group, and the Electoral Office of Jamaica and the Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Mrs Lowrie-Chin founded an organization for retired persons in Jamaica,(the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) ) April 2010 which aims at the empowerment of Caribbean seniors. PROComm is currently the major sponsor of this organisation. In 2013, Mrs Lowrie-Chin and her husband created a real estate development company, PRODEV (PRO-COMM Developments Ltd), and have embarked on commercial and residential projects in the New Kingston area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Lowrie-Chin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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