Makhicia Brooks Email & Phone Number

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

• Lead the operational and financial activities of non-profit foundation, managing over $20 million in public and private donor funds annually.
• Designed and oversaw the first national cash assistance program, disbursing over $7 million to residents.
• Provide strategic planning advice to local and international partners in key areas such as poverty alleviation, economic empowerment, and inclusive sustainable development.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

• Recruited to increase organization's profile and capacities to serve as national development aid agency.
• Expanded organization's donor network to acquire funds from largest local bank and insurance company.
• Managed over $2.3million in grants to local NGOs and social development projects and programs.
• Oversaw all public relations and outreach efforts.
• Monitor programs and projects throughout funding period to ensure activities are in line with targets and goals outlined in application and grant agreement;

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

Provide input on various solicited and unsolicited advices prepared by the SER Secretariat. Advices cover a wide range of issues such as Pension Reform and Data Collection.

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

• Developed ‘SXMStaycation’, a social media promotional campaign to encourage residents to patronize local restaurants and hotel during off-season;
• Initiated the establishment of Qredits St. Maarten to bring unsecured microfinance loans to local SMEs;

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

• Initially brought into the department to provide advice on matters of foreign economic relations, areas of responsibility also include national economic planning and SME development.
• Developed St. Maarten’s digital investment promotion policy and led the country’s first digital investment campaign to stimulate FDI inflows;
• Public Sector Focal Point of the European Union funded COSME Programme which focused on the development of Small and Medium Enterprises throughout the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs);
• Served as the national representative to multiple Kingdom, regional and international organizations;
• Lead author of the SME Policy Framework which outlines strategies for SME development such as access to finance and capacity building for entrepreneurs;
• Lead author of the National Economic Framework, the preliminary document that guides future economic planning;

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

Lecturer of Fundamentals of Successful Project Management course for professionals.

Washington, DC

Facilitated class lectures to increase student participation. Researched Governments’ multi-sectoral responses to national challenges and produced reviews of scholarly literature on political theory for published academic papers.

St. Maarten

Placed within the Department of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations. Researched grants administered by the European Union to fund new and existing projects and programs on the island. Grants identified were to be used to fund both governmental and non-governmental projects in the areas of education, environment, health, and youth.

Organized and hosted anti-crime forum targeting students under 18.Appointed to task force established to arrange first inaugural ceremonies for celebrating St. Maarten's transition from colony to autonomous country.

Ma, International Development

Activities and Societies: International Development Program Student Association

B.A., Political Science, International Relations, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society, Florida A&M.