Top female Guyanese Toastmaster ascends to post as Club Growth Director

– for Caribbean District

Distinguished Toastmaster, Anita Ramprasad has once again done Guyana proud when she was recently elected as Club Growth Director for the Caribbean District (District 81), within the global communication and leadership organisation, Toastmasters International.
She is the first Guyanese woman and only the second Guyanese to ascend to this height of leadership in less than eight years of joining the prestigious organisation.
The first Guyanese to serve at this level was Distinguished Toastmaster, Ewart Adams, who is one of Anita’s mentors and one of the pioneers who established leadership opportunities for all Toastmasters in Guyana.
Ramprasad contested the elections as a candidate nominated from the floor, by her peers and ran against two other qualified candidates from Jamaica and St Lucia, to win by a landslide.
As Club Growth Director for the Caribbean region, Ramprasad will be responsible for developing strategies to sustain and grow the Toastmasters movement within the Region.
With this new post, she will now elevate her leadership experience to an international level as she joins and works along with an elite group of similar leaders from 103 other Toastmasters Districts in 142 countries all around the world.
The young woman joined Toastmasters in July 2009 and has served as a leader at her club level, the national level and currently she serves at the District level as a Division Director with responsibility for the territories of Grenada, Guyana, Petit Martinique and Trinidad and Tobago.
She became a Distinguished Toastmaster in April 2015 following her completion of all four levels of communication and four of the leadership disciplines. In addition, she has also represented Guyana in regional Public Speaking Championships and in May 2015 she placed second in the Region.
Ramprasad has mentored upcoming leaders both locally and regionally and has been a coach to upcoming public speakers and communicators as well.
Additionally, she has conducted several training sessions at the regional level and has served as a judge for speech contests nationally and regionally.
When asked what inspired her to run for such a prestigious office, she responded it was not so much a “what” as it was “whom”.
She relayed that several past District leaders and her fellow Toastmaster colleagues from within the Region all encouraged her to take up the post.
She stated, “I believe it is one of the greatest blessings in life to have people who see something special within you even when you can’t quite see if for yourself.”
Ramprasad believes that is her true calling in life to help others unlock their true potential and find their passion and purpose.