Gloria Payne Banfield is a Grenada politician and diplomat who served as Grenada's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in the 1980s. She was Minister Counselor for the Grenada Mission in New York and Washington and currently serves as the President of Grenada National Organization of Women (GNOW) Inc.[1] She was leader of the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) and ran for an election on the ticket of the party in 2003.[2]

Career

Banfield served in the government of Sir Eric Matthew Gairy as chair of the Public Service Commission and Secretary to Cabinet in the government of Sir Nicholas Brathwaite. She was President of the Grenada Netball Association of Extended Care through Hope and Optimism (ECHO) and President of Soroptimist International of Grenada.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Gloria Payne-Banfield, a former Cabinet secretary in the government..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  2. ↑ Informer, The Grenada. "GNOW elects new Management Committee". thegrenadainformer.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Gloria Payne Banfield New President of GNOW | NOW Grenada". 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Grenada: Political Parties / Partidos Políticos". pdba.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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