Founding Member & Board President

May 11, 1950 was the day that Lloyd Josiah Richardson made his entry into the family of Josier A. Richardson and his wife, Barbara Richardson (Alexander), then living in Rooi Hundo, San Nicholas in Aruba of the then Netherlands Antilles. Lloyd attended Princess Irene Primary school, in San Nicholas. During his secondary education he was assured, by one of his instructors, that he would never realize his dream to become a physician. Lloyd registered this discouraging estimation with a determination to prove that instructor “dead wrong”.

In 1968, Lloyd became the first in his family to pass the external examinations for the MULO diploma. After him, three other siblings went on to accomplish the same distinction. Immediately after completing his exams, he moved away from Aruba for the last time, leaving behind the only country-home he’d known.

Two short months after arriving in St. Maarten, Lloyd traveled alone to Trinidad to continue his education. He was sent to a private tertiary institution, Caribbean Union College, in Maracas, Trinidad. He soon found out that he was not alone. Within a few short hours he ran into fellow classmates from San Nicholas, Aruba.

Succeeding in his studies with an Associate degree in Liberal Arts, he joined fellow graduates and moved forward to Andrews University in Berrien Springs, MI, in the U.S.A. Two years later Lloyd graduated with his BSc in Chemistry. Under the ubiquitous realities of financial limitations, albeit the efforts of his very hard-working father, Lloyd enrolled in the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico to study medicine. The neighboring cities of Nuevo Laredo, TX and Tamaulipas, Mexico, were the recipients of his mandated medical social services in Epidemiology for one full year.

Fellow classmate Ricaurte Hernandez joined him as they were accepted at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Jamaica to complete their rotations and internships. Despite a broken leg and having to navigate a hospital building with multiple floors on crutches, Lloyd once again overcame the obstacles and successfully completed his internship and was awarded his medical surgical degree from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, in 1979. Lloyd Richardson, M.D. immediately returned to his beloved Netherlands Antilles, his family and the island of St. Maarten. He soon found out that he was the first local physician to return home.

After a memorable struggle to secure his medical license, he was welcomed to the SVB in March, 1981 as the first Control Physician for the Social Security physically placed and serving all three of the Windward Islands. Even though the organization changed management several times an eventually changed its name to SZV, Lloyd Richardson, M.D. held this position until his retirement in 2010.

During this time, Lloyd Richardson, M.D. additionally gave pro-bono service to the communities of St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius functioning in the following areas:

In 1982, Lloyd Richardson, M.D. co-founded and served as Vice-President of the St. Maarten Students Association until 1984. It was also under this organization that the U.S. version of graduation services were introduced to St. Maarten. From 1984 through 1995, Lloyd Richardson, M.D. served as Secretary of the Windward Islands Medical Association.

In 1989, along with Roland Tuitt and Julian Richards, Stichting Cooperation, better known as the Turning Point was founded and was notarized in 1990. Turning Point is a substance abuse center, and Lloyd Richardson, M.D. continues to serve on the Board up till today.

Turning Point began as a volunteer facility but in 2010 changed over to serve court mandated clients primarily. The institution works with the Justice Department of government on policy and procedures, for the implementation of court mandated client care and rehabilitation. It was during his years coaching basketball that the need for such a facility arose. But it was driven home after clients started frequenting his home so when the call came to launch such a project he had both feet in the door.

So in 1990 – 1995 Lloyd Richardson, M.D.’s vision turned into a project, with the financing of CEDE Antillia, which he called H.E.W.E.Y. (HEWEY). HEWEY’s purpose was to serve the needs and support the advancement of Health, Education, Welfare, Evangelism and Youth in the Zagersgut community. The two-storey 4,700 sq. ft. building was constructed, situated behind the Philipsburg Adventist Church in Zagersgut. This building was able to house a portion of the Oranje School after the devastating hurricane of 1995.

During the same years, 1992 – 1996 Lloyd Richardson, M.D. served as the Director of Pro-Test Laboratory; as a member of the “Commisie Vermindering Overlast Drugs Verslaafden” representing the three Windward Islands of the Netherlands Antilles in the drafting of the laws which govern the “mandated client care” of the Netherlands Antilles – 1994; Chairman of the Bridge Steering Committee. Bridge was an organization formed as a result of the efforts initiated by the WHO’s Program on Substance Abuse and the PRIDE Foundation.. St. Maarten was the host and coordinator for the Bridge Conference – 1995; Representative of Morehouse University, school of Medicine. As the representative of Morehouse Medical School Lloyd Richardson, M.D. served as Member of the Technical Team for the planning conference for Reproductive Health Schemes in 22 Francophone countries throughout North and West Africa, held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - 1996; Founding Member of the St. Maarten Mental Health Foundation, to serve the needs of the mentally challenged population of the Windward Islands - 2001-2002;

Lloyd Richardson, M.D. was also a member of a medical/statistical research team with collaborators from Turning Point Foundation, St. Maarten, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, which conducted research projects and designed intervention programs as follow-up to the research. Research on sex, AIDS, drugs, & “high-risk” behavior in adolescents was conducted in St. Maarten and the results were presented at medical conferences worldwide 2001 – 2008; He also served as the President of the St. Maarten Platform for the Non-Governmental Federation 2004 – 2007.

In 2010, for the first time under the slate of the National Alliance, Lloyd Richardson, M.D. entered the field of politics but did not realize his vision to deliver the improved health care to the people of his island. As a result, he threw his weight in under the list of the UP Party with the firm belief that with an OUTRIGHT WIN that could be realized. There was no outright win. Nonetheless, Lloyd Richardson, M.D. served the country as a senator for six years, during which time he also functioned as President of Parliament. In 2016, after yet another collapse of government, Lloyd Richardson, M.D. made the decision to retire from the political arena to attend to pressing family matters.

A rich history of service behind him he continues to give to his beloved country and remains in service as the President of the Turning Point Foundation.

Lloyd J. Richardson, M.D. is married with three adult children born of that same union.

Secretary

Clarence Dalyrimple Richardson was born on April 25, 1941 on St. Maarten, in the then Netherlands Antilles. During the years of 1953 through 1958 he completed the distinction of MULO/HBS in Aruba and went on to pursue a Chemistry degree in Leiden, Netherlands. Between 1960 and 1963 Mr. Richardson gained practical experience working in the Radiology & Enzymology Laboratory in Leiden, Netherlands and the Pharmaceutical Factory Katwijk in Katwijk, in the Netherlands. He then continued on in his career to serve as a Chemical Technician at Aruba Chemical Industries from 1963 to 1970.

Throughout 1970 to 2007, Mr. Richardson engaged in training to establish industrial councils, develop strategic and tactical techniques, as well as build economics and create critical HR strategies.

In 1982, Mr. Richardson established the Labour & Management Consultants N.V., a consultancy firm in the field of industrial relations that has such served just over 100+ companies and organizations, executing projects for CLA negotiations & labor related issues from 1982 to present day.

In 1988, Mr. Richardson co-founded the Caribbean Development Center.

Within his illustrious career, Mr. Richardson has executed projects for many governmental & non-governmental organizations and enterprises involving employees and/or staff members at all levels.

Mr. Richardson has also held active membership in: Work Group of Integrated Development Planning for the Netherlands Antilles; Served on the Committee for: Preparation Independence for Aruba; Member of the Social Economic Council of the Netherlands Antilles; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Directors of the Princess Juliana International Airport N.V.

Mr. Richardson has served as President, secretary and member of the Kiwanis Club of St. Maarten; President and board member of the Chuchubi Foundation; and Chairman of the board of the United Task Force Against Crime (UTFAC).

Between 1963 and today he has functioned as a President or board member on various other boards such as: Federation of Workers of Aruba (F.T.A.), C.S.T.C. (Caribbean Federation), Central of Latin American Workers, Headquarters in Venezuela, World Federation of Labour, Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium; Member Supervisory Board of Directors Dutch Antillean Airlines; Vice President Supervisory Board, now Supervisory Council of Sint Maarten Medical Center; President Supervisory Council of Sint Maarten Medical Center; and the Board of Directors at the Turning Point Foundation.

In addition to his many philanthropic pursuits, Mr. Richardson is also the current Managing Director of the Training & Development Institute in charge of Human Resource Development Projects.

As an active and caring citizen of St. Maarten, Mr. Clarence Dalyrimple Richardson continues to lend his expertise and insight to better St. Maarten’s companies and organizations to advance and improve his island as a whole.

Treasurer