She became a member of the Caribbean Export Development Agency’s Steering Committee, serving as the OECS Private Sector Representative, in 2006. In 2007 she was appointed Chairman of the Public Service Commission by Governor-General Sir Daniel Williams, a position she held until 2010.[6]
Governor-General of Grenada
La Grenade's appointment as governor-general of Grenada was announced during the same week as the death of Grenada's first female governor, Dame Hilda Bynoe. Bynoe was the goddaughter of La Grenade's maternal grandfather, Dr Cyril I. St Bernard Sylvester, an educator and public servant.[7] La Grenade was made a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George by Queen Elizabeth II on 11 July 2014.[8]
As governor-general, La Grenade opened the new Grenadian Parliament building in 2018. That same year, following the 15-0 victory of the New National Party in the March general election, she independently exercised the royal prerogative by appointing members of the defeated National Democratic Congress to the Senate in order to provide a parliamentary opposition to the government.[9] As patron of the Willie Redhead Foundation and the Grenada National Trust, she has been an outspoken supporter of the restoration of Grenada's architectural heritage, especially the viceregal residence of Government House and York House, the former seat of Parliament.
Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, La Grenade became the first Grenadian governor-general to have served under two monarchs. She said that the Queen served with "incomparable devotion", and that "her legacy of leadership and exemplary service shall live on indelibly".[10] She also represented Grenada at the Queen's state funeral in the United Kingdom.[11] Alongside Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell she represented Grenada at the Coronation of King Charles III in 2023.[12]
^La Grenade, Cecile E F (1986). Effect of storage temperature and duration on the quality of aseptically processed foods (MS Thesis). University of Maryland at College Park. OCLC15126378.
^La Grenade, Cecile E F (1990). Studies on Fusarium moniliforme : causal agent of equine leucoencephalomalacia (PhD Thesis). University of Maryland at College Park. OCLC24045790.
^"Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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