Dr. Michelle McLeod is a Senior Lecturer at Mona School of Business and Management at The UWI, Mona Campus, Jamaica. A graduate of The UWI,  the University of Surrey, and Bournemouth University where she obtained her doctorate, Dr. McLeod's tourism industry experience spans over 30 years as a professional and an academic. Her present research interests are in the subject areas of tourism, knowledge networks, open data ecosystems, policy networks, destination networks, and service productivity. She received the Principal’s Award for the Research Project with Greatest Economic Impact for the Faculty of Social Sciences for the project entitled “Open Data and Interactive Community Mapping: Empowering Local Community Tourism” in 2018, and in 2016, the Principal’s Award for Research Project Attracting the Most Research Funds in the Faculty of Social  Sciences. 
As part of her public service, Dr. McLeod serves on The UWI COVID-19 Task Force as the Tourism Expert.