Lovitta Foggo, JP, MP

Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly
Email: lfoggo@parliament.bm
Lovitta Foggo is an educator; having
taught at St. George Secondary, Whitney Institute, CedarBridge Academy, the
Community School and the Prison Farm. She was a Biology teacher at the Berkeley
Institute when elected as a Member of Parliament in 2007. Her long term
service in education has provided the opportunity for her to forge many
relationships with a large segment of her constituents. Over the years, she has
offered a ‘Girls’ Club’ experience to young high school aged females, who were
able to meet with and gain first hand knowledge from professional women about
the skills, qualities and attributes needed to be successful in the workforce.
She privately assists high school graduates with their scholarship applications
as a community service. Ms. Foggo was a key force behind the building of the
Lamb-Foggo Urgent Care Centre at Southside. She served on the St. George Parish
Council as Chairman of the Scholarship Sub-Committee and as Treasurer, and as
Deputy Chair of both CedarBridge Academy and the Education Appeals Board. Now
she sits on the Child Care Placement Board and is the Chairman of the Public
Service Vehicles Licensing Board. In Parliament she serves on the Public
Accounts Committee, the Private Bills Committee, the Audit Committee, the
committee responsible for overseeing the Standing Orders for parliamentarians,
the Regulations Committee and is a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
executive member of the Bermuda Branch. Ever trying to ensure that her
participation and input on legislative matters is impeccable, Ms. Foggo
completed her Master’s degree in Public Policy, now formally called Government
and Society. She believes this pursuit has greatly enhanced her understanding
of democracy and governance (good governance) and the Civil Service and how
each does and should interrelate and the importance of active participation of
civil society. She firmly believes her role as a politician and parliamentarian
is to be her brother’s keeper. She is guided by the motto from Mahatma Gandhi
who said “Be the change you seek”. She is the proud mother of two daughters,
Amne and Zayna Foggo-Osseyran and the devoting grandmother of Ari, Ayr, Adé and Axys.