June Soomer (Saint Lucia) is the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African descent. She was the first woman to receive a PhD in History from the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, the first woman to serve as the Saint Lucian Ambassador to CARICOM, the OECS and Diaspora Affairs; an OECS Commissioner; the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (2016 -2020) and Chair of the Open Campus Council of the University of the West Indies. She is a member of the Saint Lucia Reparations Committee. She writes on regional integration, reparations and on women during enslavement.