Heidi Clarke

Heidi Clarke is the Director of Programs for the Sandals Foundation, which focuses on achieving the promise of the Caribbean in the three key areas of education, environment and community.

Her primary responsibilities include managing of the more than twenty-five Sandals Foundation’s programs, as well as developing and maintaining relationships with nonprofit organizations in the Caribbean community, corporate partners and volunteers.

Born and raised in Jamaica, Clarke has experience in education and social services, as well as business.  She attended the University of Miami for five years, where she studied child psychology and education while working with abused children and underprivileged schools in the South Florida community. Upon returning to the Caribbean, Clarke consulted on school boards and taught part-time while running a sail charter company with her husband in Trinidad and Tobago.

Clarke currently resides in Jamaica with her family and, in addition to her work with the Sandals Foundation, is involved in a wide range of community activities.   She provides counseling and mentoring weekly for troubled teenage girls who have suffered from domestic violence.  Additionally, she volunteers her time regularly to local-area schools and a variety of neighborhood events.