Ruth Chisholm is a communications and international development specialist with more than 20 years of experience in social and behaviour change communication (SBCC), stakeholder engagement, and project management across Jamaica and the Caribbean. Her work spans health, education, agriculture, climate change, wellness tourism, the creative industries, social protection, and economic growth.
At FHI 360, Ruth led a multi-year, US Government-funded workforce development programme in tertiary education, overseeing design, budgets, monitoring and evaluation, and partnerships. At USAID Jamaica, she advised senior leadership on communications and managed media relations and public outreach. With PSI, she managed HIV prevention and social marketing programmes for vulnerable populations, and at the Jamaica Red Cross, she led emergency preparedness and response and regional HIV peer education training.
Ruth builds strong partnerships with government, the private sector, civil society, and multilateral agencies. She excels at turning complex technical and research work into clear messages.
She holds an M.A. in Communication for Social and Behaviour Change from the University of the West Indies, is adjunct faculty in communication at the University of Technology, Jamaica, and produces the podcast We Can Solve This.
Outside her work, Ruth loves publishing, science fiction, vinyl records, and dogs, and cares deeply about the humane treatment of animals.
