Paula Walcott-Quintin was born and raised in Linden, Guyana, and her life has been about
forging connections and building bridges in service to communities in her homeland and
the NY/NJ region she’s called home since 1984. She started her career in communications
almost immediately after completing sixth form at Mackenzie High School in 1980. Her
early position as an on-air announcer with Guymine Communications Department laid the
foundation for upward career mobility spanning time and geography.
 

She has been a lifelong volunteer in multiple civic, secular, and religious organizations, both
in the U.S. and in Guyana, and has an abiding commitment to community and diversity.
After graduating from Rutgers University in 1992, where she served as President of the
undergraduate West Indian Student Organization, she was one of the co-founders of the
Caribbean Alumni Association, whose purpose was to establish a continuing connection to
Rutgers among the population of Caribbean graduates.
 

Paula was appointed by the Mayor to the East Brunswick Human Relations Council
(EBHRC) and served as its Secretary from 2012 to 2024. Her Caribbean roots added a voice
of cultural diversity to EBHRC and the wider township, and she remains passionate about
the importance of inclusion and public service in making a better world.
 

A proud product of Guyana’s bauxite community, she served in the yearlong position as
Secretary of the Board of the Bauxite Century Planning Committee. She worked alongside

diaspora and local partners to develop a comprehensive program commemorating the
centennial of bauxite mining in Guyana (1916-2016) and served as the Editorial Director of
the almost 100-page Bauxite Centennial Magazine, which chronicled its proud history.
 

She has had the great fortune to be a charter member of Linden Fund USA (LFU), which was
established in 1999 and has evolved into a respected diaspora organization strongly
focused on education, public health and agricultural initiatives in Linden and Region 10.
She held executive leadership positions from the inception, serving as the LFU Board
Secretary for the first seven years of the fledgling organization and as LFU Chair since
2015.
 

Professionally, Paula is an Executive Communications Specialist with more than 30 years of
combined higher education experience in the areas of state government relations and
communications. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Rutgers University, and
is the proud mother of two adult sons, and grandmother to three adorable little ones!