Candace Hart

Executive Director

Candace Hart joined CPJ in September 2018 in Special Projects and Change Management. She has been focused on data management, information technology and process implementation in the company. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Miami and brings her experience working with large data sets from her published research work on several grants funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Candace moved to Montego Bay in 1997.

She initially worked with the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI), a non-profit focusing on the care of the homeless mentally ill and serves on the board of Hanover Charities and Fairfield International Academy. Candace served as a Trustee and Co-Chair on the Development Committee of the Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, CT, which all 3 of her children attended.

Candace has served on the Board of Directors of Hanover Charities since 2011, specifically focusing on tertiary education in Jamaica and the mentoring of academic scholarship recipients. Candace lives in Montego Bay with her husband Mark Hart and their 3 children, Maya, Ethan and Cameron.