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Cordel Green
Executive Director Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica
Cordel Green is an Attorney-at-Law, a former Assistant Attorney-General of Jamaica and a former broadcaster. He is the Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, which regulates electronic media. Mr Green has been appointed to the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO and represents Jamaica on the Intergovernmental Council for the UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP). He is also Vice-Chairman of IFAP and Chairman of the IFAP Working Group on Information Accessibility. His other affiliations include being Chairman of the Regulatory & Technical Committee for Digital Television Switch-Over in Jamaica; Member of the Advisory Council, Carnegie AI and Equality Initiative (AIEI), New York; Member of the Law Committee for the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Consideration in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems; Vice-Representative of the International Centre for Information Ethics (ICIE); Member of the International Institute of Communications (IIC); Honorary Member of the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC), Washington DC; Member of the Advisory Board, Society for Scientific Advancement (SoSA); Member of the IEEE P7011 Working Group on Trustworthiness in News; and Member of the IEEE P2863 Working Group on Recommended Practice for Organisational Governance of AI. He has a rounded lifestyle which includes being MC at select events such as 'Rebel Salute' and performing comedic routines at the 'Powerful Women and Men Perform for Charity Concert' for which he is planning committee chairman. One interesting fact is that whilst a student at UWI and a MC, he gave the moniker "Doctor" to Dancehall Superstar Beenie Man, who has since come to be known as "The Doctor" or "Doctor Beenie Man". Mr Green holds Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) and Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) degrees from the University of the West Indies, a Master of Laws Degree with distinction, from the University of Sheffield in England, a Master of Business Administration degree from the Mona School of Business, and is an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Programme and a Chevening Scholar. He is married to the Honourable Mrs. Justice Marcia Dunbar Green, Judge of the Court of Appeal. They have a daughter, Pia-Milan, who is a law student.
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