Mrs. Florette Blackwood has over twenty years of experience in policy design and project management within government and non-government organisations at the national and international levels. Her specialised skills include Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Youth and Community Development, Sports Administration, Sport Tourism, Micro-Enterprise Development, Gender Affairs, Peace Building and Relationship Management.
She was the principal writer of the Green Paper on the Jamaica National Sports Policy and has worked to develop policy guidelines for sporting associations and federations proposing to host international sport events in Jamaica.