Elize Rostant is a creative professional with a background in design, management and arts administration. Over the past several years, Elize has delved more deeply into sustainable development initiatives in the Caribbean integrating eco-tourism, the arts and regenerative environmental practices as a means of achieving positive cultural transformation. Currently, she is the Program Manager at the Walkers Institute for Regenerative Research Education and Design (WIRRED), which is stewarding the largest regeneration project in the Caribbean where 277 acres of mined lands in Barbados have been transformed into Walkers Reserve, a living laboratory and model for climate resilience. Elize believes in the power of harnessing the region’s potential through the development of our people and strives to be a catalyst for positive change by applying her skills and talents to building communities nationally, regionally and internationally.