Educators Matter in USVI’s Economic Development | Cane Bay Partners Co-Founder Kirk Chewning
In this video, Kirk Chewning discusses the important role that USVI educators play in economic and workforce development during an instructor orientation for the Operation Inspire Afterschool Program. Chewning is a founding partner of the USVI-based fintech consulting firm Cane Bay Partners.
Cane Bay Cares is the philanthropic arm of Cane Bay Partners, our parent company. Operation Inspire is our flagship program designed to help students from the U.S. Virgin Islands develop 21st century skills through project-based learning.
All our instructors are professional teachers and paraeducators from the V.I. Department of Education, and our junior instructors are students from the University of the Virgin Islands. We offer support and professional development training for the entire OI team.
The video above shows highlights from our instructor orientation and training program at the University of the Virgin Islands’ Great Hall on July 2.
Cane Bay Cares is a service initiative of St. Croix-based Cane Bay Partners VI, LLLP. Cane Bay Cares was established after three strong hurricanes, including two Category 5 storms, Irma and Maria, caused much damage to St. Croix during September 2017. The initiative has a goal of providing relief to the citizens of St. Croix. To make this possible, we have partnered with St. Croix Foundation, which is a 501c3 nonprofit that was established in 1990. All donations to Cane Bay Cares are donations to St. Croix Foundation and are 100% tax deductible.
Cane Bay Partners VI, LLLP was formed in June 2009 and founded by internationally experienced business executives with many years of experience in the financial services industry. Focusing our efforts primarily in the financial services industry, our management consulting practice specializes in providing services to clients in need of sophisticated risk management models, debt collections organizations which require liquidation models and analytics, and portfolio management companies desiring a variety of services.
Since 1990, St. Croix Foundation for Community Development has been advancing holistic community development as a pathway to economic prosperity, self-sufficiency, and sustainability. Established in the wake of Hurricane Hugo, today the Foundation is one of the premier place-based philanthropic leaders in the Virgin Islands. Having served as the conduit of over $37 million private and public sector dollars invested into the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Foundation’s impact has netted national recognition in almost every priority area – from economic development and community revitalization to public health, education reform, and nonprofit development. Our mission is to encourage greater philanthropic activity, to marshal resources, and to act as a catalyst to benefit the people of the Virgin Islands.