Building the Network We All Needed.
Island Innovators was founded on a simple truth: Caribbean excellence does not need to leave home to succeed.
Building the Network We All Needed.
Island Innovators was founded on a simple truth: Caribbean excellence does not need to leave home to succeed.
Building the Network We All Needed.
Island Innovators was founded on a simple truth: Caribbean excellence does not need to leave home to succeed.
The founding team
The founding team
Who's behind it.
Who's behind it.
Fayeann Lawrence
Fayeann Lawrence
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder & CEO
“Proving that Caribbean excellence doesn't follow — it leads.”
“Proving that Caribbean excellence doesn't follow — it leads.”
A distinguished project strategist and sustainability leader with 25+ years of global management experience. After building a clean-energy consultancy in New York, she returned to the Caribbean to accelerate sustainable innovation.
A distinguished project strategist and sustainability leader with 25+ years of global management experience. After building a clean-energy consultancy in New York, she returned to the Caribbean to accelerate sustainable innovation.
Brendan Heyck
Brendan Heyck
Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
Co-Founder & CIO
"Transforming the Caribbean's digital future through global partnerships and local impact."
"Transforming the Caribbean's digital future through global partnerships and local impact."
An internationally recognized technology strategist with 15+ years leading digital transformations across the US, India, and the Caribbean. He has directed 40+ scale-level projects and co-authored the UN-backed Grenada Technology & Innovation Hub Report.
An internationally recognized technology strategist with 15+ years leading digital transformations across the US, India, and the Caribbean. He has directed 40+ scale-level projects and co-authored the UN-backed Grenada Technology & Innovation Hub Report.
Audi Pawttro
Audi Pawttro
Chief Happiness Officer
Chief Happiness Officer
"Spreading joy, one smile and tail-wag at a time."
"Spreading joy, one smile and tail-wag at a time."
Our dedicated Golden Retriever and full-time morale director, ensuring our community remains grounded, optimistic, and people-first.
Our dedicated Golden Retriever and full-time morale director, ensuring our community remains grounded, optimistic, and people-first.
Founders' story
Founders' story
Why We Started.
Why We Started.
Our founders moved to the region after years of global leadership in sustainability and technology. They'd seen the power of efficient systems abroad and the cost of inefficiency at home. Too often, Caribbean innovators succeed despite the system. Island Innovators exists so they can succeed because of it.
Our founders moved to the region after years of global leadership in sustainability and technology. They'd seen the power of efficient systems abroad and the cost of inefficiency at home.
Too often, Caribbean innovators succeed despite the system. Island Innovators exists so they can succeed because of it.
OUR MISSION
OUR MISSION
For all 15 CARICOM nations to be in the world’s top 100 innovative economies by 2040
For all 15 CARICOM nations to be in the world’s top 100 innovative economies by 2040
Our fundamentals
Our fundamentals
The Caribbean is ready — we're proving it.
The Caribbean is ready — we're proving it.
Every program, partnership, and platform we build reflects these beliefs.
Every program, partnership, and platform we build reflects these beliefs.
Collaboration beats competition.
Collaboration beats competition.
Shared success strengthens the region.
Calibre deserves visibility.
Calibre deserves visibility.
Public praise and amplified voices multiply opportunity.
Support should simplify.
Support should simplify.
Systems must remove friction for human users, not add it.
Innovation belongs here.
Innovation belongs here.
Our islands, as a unified region, can set global standards without compromise.
Power of Network Effect
Power of Network Effect
By combining human connection with smart infrastructure, we’re building the network that turns isolation into collaboration, and individual success into regional impact.
By combining human connection with smart infrastructure, we’re building the network that turns isolation into collaboration, and individual success into regional impact.
Fayeann Lawrence
Co-founder of Island Innovators
SIDS Governance, Policy & Advocacy
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Brendan Heyck
Co-founder of Island Innovators
Digital Economy, Education & Innovation
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Matthew Stone
CEO of Stone Technologies
Digital Economy, Education & Innovation
Experience
6-9 Years
Country
Jamaica 🇯🇲
Rosana John-Mitchell
Co-founder Spice Foodie Tours
Sustainable Tourism & Eco-Hospitality
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Fayeann Lawrence
Co-founder of Island Innovators
SIDS Governance, Policy & Advocacy
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Brendan Heyck
Co-founder of Island Innovators
Digital Economy, Education & Innovation
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Matthew Stone
CEO of Stone Technologies
Digital Economy, Education & Innovation
Experience
6-9 Years
Country
Jamaica 🇯🇲
Rosana John-Mitchell
Co-founder Spice Foodie Tours
Sustainable Tourism & Eco-Hospitality
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Fayeann Lawrence
Co-founder of Island Innovators
SIDS Governance, Policy & Advocacy
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Brendan Heyck
Co-founder of Island Innovators
Digital Economy, Education & Innovation
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Matthew Stone
CEO of Stone Technologies
Digital Economy, Education & Innovation
Experience
6-9 Years
Country
Jamaica 🇯🇲
Rosana John-Mitchell
Co-founder Spice Foodie Tours
Sustainable Tourism & Eco-Hospitality
Experience
10+ Years
Country
Grenada 🇬🇩
Frequently
asked questions
Frequently
asked questions
Where is Island Innovators based?
How is Island Innovators different from other organizations or business clubs?
What’s next for Island Innovators
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Connecting Caribbean Calibre.
Join the Shared Success Network
Connecting Caribbean Calibre.
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Connecting Caribbean Calibre.
Island Innovators is a private, independent, action-driven regional catalyst. We operate free of political affiliations or bureaucratic governance. Our performance is measured by sustainable financial growth, impact of partnerships, and the progressive advancement of CARICOM nations on the Global Innovation Index.
Island Innovators is a private, independent, action-driven regional catalyst. We operate free of political affiliations or bureaucratic governance.
Island Innovators is a private, independent, action-driven regional catalyst. We operate free of political affiliations or bureaucratic governance. Our performance is measured by sustainable financial growth, impact of partnerships, and the progressive advancement of CARICOM nations on the Global Innovation Index.