Mashanna L. Russell

Area of Expertise:

• Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
• Government, Governance, Reforms
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
• Trade, Finance, Economics, Cooperation, Global

Professional Experience:

Serves as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2011 and contribute to the facilitation of uniform and responsive promotion and achievements of The Bahamas Foreign Policy.

Served in the Permanent Mission of The Bahamas to the United Nations in New York from 2014 to May 2021. I functioned as The Bahamas’ delegate in the United Nations (UN) Administrative and Budgetary (Fifth) Committee.

Since 2021, I have headed the Americas Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; duties include monitoring, reporting on, and making recommendations on regional and international affairs and business, including socio-economic conditions. Also serves as The Bahamas National Coordinator for the OAS Summit of the Americas and the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (CELAC).