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Heather Marsh
Heather Marsh has been one devoted organization member and on her own an exceptionally strong supporter of Barbados over almost a decade.
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She has individually contributed the most care bears to the Care Buddy Project, which benefits children at the Pediatric Ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados.
The project, started by Treva Holder, aims to provide every child on the ward with a stuff toy to help with pain management and provide comfort while being treated.
Heather is the immediate past president of the Barbados Cancer Association USA (BACA), Inc., a non-profit agency dedicated to raising cancer awareness in Barbadian and Caribbean communities in the USA.
Ms. Marsh joined BACA in September 2013 and served as a member of the executive leadership team from 2014, when she was elected Secretary. She became Public Relations Officer in 2016 with responsibility for promoting BACA, its programs and events and was elevated to President in January 2017, serving in this role for five years.
She is also the secretary on the Executive Committee of the Barbados Diaspora Collaborative USA Inc., the fundraising arm in the USA for the Barbados Hospice Initiative.
In her professional life, Heather joined the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation in 1989. She spent ten years in Administration as an Executive Secretary. Heather also has over 20 years’ experience as a Marketing Operations professional supporting marketing executives and their teams. She was responsible for budgetary management, resource management, business controls, reporting and metrics. After 32 years of service with IBM, she retired on September 30, 2021.
Heather also served two years as President of the Board of Directors for Tiffany Towers Ltd., a cooperative in White Plains, NY.
Ms. Marsh was born in Barbados and was educated at Christ Church Girl’s Foundation School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, majoring in Finance from Pace University, in Pleasantville, NY and a Psychology of Leadership certificate from Cornell University, NY.
An only child, she has returned to Barbados to spend as much time with her mother. But Heather remains as committed as ever to the survival of the associations with which she has been involved, participating in the Consulate’s online sessions and supporting needy causes in Barbados.
