Chester Sam­bra­no

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Car­ni­val Bands As­so­ci­a­tion (TTC­BA) has ap­point­ed a new board of Di­rec­tors fol­low­ing the elec­tions held on May 5, 2023, at Queens Park Sa­van­nah.

In a me­dia re­lease, the TTC­BA said Mark Ayen was elect­ed as Pres­i­dent with unan­i­mous sup­port.

It said Ayen and his new­ly elect­ed board bring over 75 years of com­bined in­dus­try ex­pe­ri­ence to the ta­ble with a man­date to bring the car­ni­val fra­ter­ni­ty to meet the in­dus­try’s con­tem­po­rary needs.

Ayen is the cur­rent band­leader of Dirty Medics Car­ni­val Group and has pre­vi­ous­ly served as Pub­lic Re­la­tions Of­fi­cer.

The new­ly ap­point­ed ex­ec­u­tive com­pris­es Dr Ros­alind Gabriel (Vice-Pres­i­dent), Valmi­ki Ma­haraj (Pub­lic Re­la­tions Of­fi­cer), Ste­fano Mar­cano, Joanne Thomp­son, Tara Bish­op and Var­ma Leo Lakhan.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTC­BA, the board is cur­rent­ly in stake­hold­er meet­ings map­ping the way for­ward and the road to­ward Car­ni­val 2024.

The TTC­BA and its ex­ec­u­tive ex­tend­ed their thanks to its mem­ber­ship and the Mas fra­ter­ni­ty and re­mind­ed that the of­fice is open for new reg­is­tra­tion and mem­ber­ship at Room #29, Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Port of Spain.