Arlene Lyons
Arlene is a Tobago-bred successful US entrepreneur of over fifteen (15) years and previous Vice President at multiple Fortune 500 companies in the financial services industry in the USA. Her US entrepreneurial business, The Esani Institute, LLC, owns and operates Paul Mitchell cosmetology schools in Atlanta, Georgia and Sacramento, California, and is one of the most award-winning cosmetology schools in North America.
Arlene was recognized as a Caribbean Business Outlier by The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business at its 2012 Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference. Graduating first in her class with a BBA in Computer Information Systems from Howard University in Washington, DC, Arlene also earned an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She has also completed numerous World of Business Ideas (WOBI) courses from leading business experts, including Jim Collins, Seth Godin, Marcus Buckingham, Adam Grant, Indra Nooyi, and Daniel Goleman, to name a few.
With a deep passion for giving back to her home island of Tobago, in 2020 Arlene co-founded Catch The Wave Solutions Limited, INC. and The Pride of Tobago Foundation which have already made a positive difference in the lives of multiple talented entrepreneurial and creative talents.