Welcome Rtn. Anthony.

At our meeting on Wednesday 5th March, we welcomed our newest member Anthony Clarke as he was installed as our 52nd member. Rtn. Anthony has a history of community service  and he has already shown his commitment to continuing this track record, attending the Inter-schools Spelling Bee as a judge.

The following was provided by SAA Ryan in his introducion of Anthony two weeks ago

"Anthony S. Clarke was born in Antigua on September 5th 1980 and is the first child for both parents. He quickly migrated to the U.S. Virgin Islands where he spent his formative years and attended the Joseph Gomez School. Anthony relocated to Antigua at the age of 7 and attended the Foundation Mixed School. Upon            completion of his primary education he attended the Antigua Grammar School from 1993-98. He earned all distinctions at the CXC level and was the recipient of a
Cable and Wireless Educational Achievement Award for his academics.

In 1994 Anthony became a participating student in the Junior Achievement Programme. A Programme which had a profound influence on him. In 1996 Anthony     became an advisor to the Programme helping other students to see the value in the free enterprise system. He has represented Antigua at JA international           conferences in Washington, D.C. Killeen, TX and Alberta, Canada. In 1998 Anthony became the youngest ever Programme Director to be involved with the            Programme and was instrumental in getting 100% participation from all secondary schools and started the first Programme in Barbuda as well. He was
also instrumental in securing college scholarships for 5 Antiguans through JA International.

For his contribution to the Programme and passion for youth development Anthony received the 2003 Global Youth Service Award. 
Anthony taught Caribbean History and Biology at the Bryant House Secondary School from 1998-2003 and graded CXC papers in Barbados for 3 of those years.

He migrated to the United States in 2004 and worked as a Manager for Bally Total Fitness in NYC and transitioned to a regional manager responsible for all facilities in Ohio, Indiana and southern Illinois later that same year.

In 2007 Anthony joined a division of the Home Shopping Network called Cornerstone Brands and played a pivotal role in the development of customer retention      initiatives, logistics and satellite offices. In 2008 he was promoted to a Senior Operations Manager role with responsibilities for managing satellite offices in Phoenix, AZ Tampa, FL Atlanta, GA and Cleveland, OH.

In addition to being Ryan's dog walker, chef, spiritual advisor, and gardener he is an avid reader of John Grisham novels and political drama shows.

Even though he was born in Antigua, lived in St.Thomas and the United States Anthony considers the BVI home."

We expect Rtn. Anthony to be a great addition to our Club and just to emphasise this, he left the meeting following his installation to assist with the Secondary      Schools division of the Inter-schools Spelling Bee - A great example Rtn. Anthony!

We had a problem selecting his member category; we couldnt find a category for dog walker, spiritual advisor or gardener, so settled for Human resources         management!

Welcome Rtn. Anthony!