A charter member of a small Hanover service club now leads one of the world’s largest volunteer organisations. She is the first Black woman and the first Caribbean national to do so in its long history.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Calvin G Brown | October 10, 2026 | Some journeys to the top of the world begin in its capitals. Hope Markes’ began in Hopewell, a Hanover community better known for sea breeze and fishing canoes than for global boardrooms.

