Full Name
Anthea McLaughlin
Job Title
Chief Executive Officer
Company
Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhil)
Speaker Bio
Anthea McLaughlin is a philanthropy leader, systems strategist, and community development practitioner with more than 20 years of experience advancing partnerships, institutional development, and sustainable development initiatives across the Caribbean and the United States. As CEO of the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhil), she leads efforts to strengthen regional philanthropic infrastructure, mobilize partnerships and resources, and advance collaborative solutions to climate resilience, equity, and sustainable development across the Caribbean.
Prior to relocating to the Caribbean, Anthea spent more than 17 years in New York City, including serving as Co-Director of a commissioner-led public-private partnership initiative housed within mayoral offices and the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS). Supported by government and philanthropic partners across three mayoral administrations, her work focused on building coalitions and cross-sector partnerships that advanced child and family policy reform, strengthened community-based systems, and
supported service integration across child welfare, education, mental health, juvenile justice,
youth development and other sectors.
Anthea is the founder of the Bridge Foundation, advancing climate-conscious school-family- community literacy, youth development, and community initiatives in Trinidad and Tobago
through partnerships with the U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago, BG Trinidad and Tobago, and the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) at the University of the West Indies. Through Bridge Partners & Associates, she has provided organizational development, change management, and strategic advisory services to organizations including the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). She also facilitated a knowledge-sharing initiative for UNDP- and GEF-funded programmes, promoting environmental best practices and lessons learned, including a climate literacy initiative that supported rural children in authoring books focused on SDG 13: Climate Action.
Today, her work focuses on strengthening philanthropy as a catalyst for climate action and sustainable development by advancing intermediary infrastructure, mobilizing partnerships and capital, and fostering intersectional approaches that connect climate resilience, women’s leadership, diaspora engagement, and locally led development across the Caribbean.
She holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Columbia University and previously served as a lecturer at Hunter College School of Social Work.
Prior to relocating to the Caribbean, Anthea spent more than 17 years in New York City, including serving as Co-Director of a commissioner-led public-private partnership initiative housed within mayoral offices and the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS). Supported by government and philanthropic partners across three mayoral administrations, her work focused on building coalitions and cross-sector partnerships that advanced child and family policy reform, strengthened community-based systems, and
supported service integration across child welfare, education, mental health, juvenile justice,
youth development and other sectors.
Anthea is the founder of the Bridge Foundation, advancing climate-conscious school-family- community literacy, youth development, and community initiatives in Trinidad and Tobago
through partnerships with the U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago, BG Trinidad and Tobago, and the Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) at the University of the West Indies. Through Bridge Partners & Associates, she has provided organizational development, change management, and strategic advisory services to organizations including the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). She also facilitated a knowledge-sharing initiative for UNDP- and GEF-funded programmes, promoting environmental best practices and lessons learned, including a climate literacy initiative that supported rural children in authoring books focused on SDG 13: Climate Action.
Today, her work focuses on strengthening philanthropy as a catalyst for climate action and sustainable development by advancing intermediary infrastructure, mobilizing partnerships and capital, and fostering intersectional approaches that connect climate resilience, women’s leadership, diaspora engagement, and locally led development across the Caribbean.
She holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Columbia University and previously served as a lecturer at Hunter College School of Social Work.
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