The Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards has a new director. The newest  addition to the SLBS management is Dr. Sherry Constantine who takes up her post on July 1, 2010. Dr. Constantine holds a Doctoral Degree in Biology from the University of Miami and a Master of Science Degree in Natural Resource Management from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. She is a Fulbright scholar and a member of the World Conservation Union Commission on Ecosystems Management.

Prior to accepting the responsibility of heading up the SLBS, Dr. Constantine was the Director of Environmental Management with CEPro Consultants Limited, a civil engineering and environmental project management consulting firm based in St. Lucia. There, Dr. Constantine successfully managed environmental consultancies in a number of OECS countries that involved multi-disciplinary teams of consultants.  During her tenure with CEPro, Dr. Constantine engineered the development of projects with economic impact on St. Lucia, notably the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments for projects in the agricultural and tourism sectors. In addition, from January to April 2010, she led a team of consultants that completed an assignment in the Pointe Sable area (located on the southeast coast of St. Lucia). This project involved the completion of environmental and socioeconomic studies for the OECS Protected Areas and Associated Livelihoods (OPAAL) Demonstration Site. The assignment was coordinated under the OECS Protected Areas and Associated Livelihoods (OPAAL) project by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (OECS-ESDU).

Prior to starting her Pd.D. in 2004, she worked for three years as a Biologist with the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Secretariat Mechanism (CRFM), which was formerly called the CARICOM Fisheries Unit. She was based in their St. Vincent and the Grenadines office.  The goal of this regional organization is "To promote sustainable use of fisheries and aquaculture resources in and among its 17 Member States, by development, management and conservation of these resources in collaboration with stakeholders to benefit the people of the Caribbean region."

With this appointment, Dr. Constantine joins a team of select individuals who have made significant contributions in standardization at the SLBS most notably Dr. Alison Plummer and Dr. Darius Gabriel.