Dr. Richard W. Georges is the President of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) in the British Virgin Islands, where he made history as the institution’s first alumnus to assume its highest office. Appointed in October 2020, Dr. Georges previously served as Senior Lecturer, Head of Humanities, Director of Institutional Advancement, and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

A distinguished literary figure, Dr. Georges is the territory’s first Poet Laureate and an award-winning author. His poetry collection Epiphaneia earned the 2020 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. He is also a founding editor of MOKO: Caribbean Arts & Letters, a journal dedicated to Caribbean arts and culture .

Dr. Georges holds a BA in English from Texas Christian University, an MA in Creative Writing from Aberystwyth University, and a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of Sussex. His leadership at HLSCC emphasizes operational and academic innovation, community engagement, and the integration of the arts into education.