Omar Frith
Mr. Omar C. Frith is a communication consultant and social development practitioner with approximately 20 years' experience in the community development landscape. He is currently Deputy Executive Director at the Social Development Commission (SDC) where he heads Strategic Planning and Communication.
He is a trained Project Manager by way of the Project Management Global Institute and also the University of New Orleans. He also received training in Management of Local Development from The International Training Center of the ILO, Turin, Italy. Mr. Frith is among the foremost leaders in his field with a proven track record of supporting and leading the design and implementation of transformative initiatives that have positively impacted countless lives locally and abroad. Among his many achievements is the development of skills training facilities and the implementation of programmes that resulted in the creation of jobs for over 2,000 residents in the once volatile inner city of Grants Pen during his tenure as then General Manager at Stella Maris Foundation.
His ability to get the job done has earned him a number of distinguished awards, including an Honorary Doctorate for dedicated and distinguished service in socio-economic empowerment and human development.
Mr. Frith is a dedicated Justice of The Peace, a trained Mediator, currently serves on the Board of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and is a former Board Director at E-Learning Jamaica as well as a former Member of the HR Committee of Board at the Factories Corporation of Jamaica. He is an entrepreneur and a family man who is married to his lifelong partner, Attorney-at-Law Terry Ann, who is also the mother of their three children.