Waldaba H. Stewart
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, Union Graduate School, USA.
M.A., Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, USA
B.A., Pace University, New York, USA
Dr. Waldaba H. Stewart is a former New York State Senator who, during his tenure, was instrumental in spearheading the community's efforts formation of Caribbean Action Lobby, Caribbean Research Center, Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He began his professional career as a public school teacher in the former Panama canal Zone, and subsequently went on to teach in the Ocean Hill Brownsville district of the New York City Public School system. He has a long history of community leadership and economic development activity in New York, Panama, Latin America and the developing world. He has also served as political organizer, campaign manager and consultant in several successful election campaigns in New York City.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY (Partial List):
Southern Diaspora Research and Development Center (SDRDC), 1994 to Present
Director, Department of Research, Development Management, and Technical Assistance
Services
Medgar Evers College of the City University of NY, 2002 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
NY State Senate, 16th Senatorial District, Brooklyn, NY,1968-1972
Central American Association of Black Organizations (ONECA), 1998 to Present
Board member and Chairman of the Economic Development Commission
UN Commission on Sustainable Development (NGO Participation), 1991 to Present
Caribbean Action Lobby (CAL), Organizer of annual CAL Workshops on
Caribbean issues at Congressional Black Caucus Conferences, 1989 - 1996
Economic Advisor and International Organizer:
The Southern Caucus of NGOs for Sustainable Development, 1994 to Present
Executive Director, Chief Economic Development Consultant and
Principal Investigator: Southern Diaspora Research and Development Center, 1996 to Present
First Vice Chairman: Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce & Industry 2000 to Present
Board Overseer: Flatbush Caton Mart of CACCI, 2004 to Present
President: Stewart Traders, S.A. (Panama), 1980 to Present
Executive Director: Panama/U.S. Development Consortium, 1996 to Present
Administrator: Mid-Brooklyn Health Association, Brooklyn, NY 1975-2002
Executive Director, Mid-Brooklyn Health Society Alcoholism Crisis Center, NY, 1975-2002
Chief Staff Member/Special Consultant,
NY State Assembly Committee on Aging, Albany, 1972-1974
Associate Director, Program Development and Operations:
Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth in Action Anti Poverty Program, Brooklyn, 1966-1968
Among his publications are:
The Quest for Community Participation in Sustainable Economic Development, CDP, NY 2002
INtroduction to a New Paradigm for Eradication of Poverty, CDP, NY 2007
