Gloria Payne-Banfield

Dame
Gloria Payne-Banfield
Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations
Member of the Senate of Grenada
In office
October 2003 – November 2003
Personal details
PartyGrenada United Labour Party
Awards
Dame Commander of the Order of the Nation (DCNG)

Dame Gloria Payne-Banfield, DCNG is a Grenada politician and diplomat who served as Grenada's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in the 1980s. She was Minister Counselor for the Grenada Mission in New York and Washington and currently serves as the President of Grenada National Organization of Women (GNOW) Inc.[1] She was leader of the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) and ran for an election on the ticket of the party in 2003.[2]

Career

Payne-Banfield served in the government of Sir Eric Gairy as chair of the Public Service Commission and Secretary to Cabinet in the government of Sir Nicholas Brathwaite. She was President of the Grenada Netball Association of Extended Care through Hope and Optimism (ECHO) and President of Soroptimist International of Grenada.[3][4] She was an appointed member of the Senate of Grenada from October to November 2003.[5]

Honours

Payne-Banfield was knighted in 2025 to mark Grenada’s 51st anniversary of independence, being made a Dame Commander of the Order of the Nation.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Gloria Payne-Banfield, a former Cabinet secretary in the government..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  2. ↑ Informer, The Grenada. "GNOW elects new Management Committee". thegrenadainformer.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Gloria Payne Banfield New President of GNOW | NOW Grenada". 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Grenada: Political Parties / Partidos Políticos". pdba.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Women & Governance - A Grenadian Experience" (PDF). www.gov.gd. Government of Grenada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2026-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Kirani James awarded title of Sir for 2025 Independence celebrations". NOW Grenada. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
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