Dr. Jacqueline Sharpe was elected as IPPF President/Chairperson of Governing Council for a 3 year term from November 2005 to November 2008. Then she was re-elected from November 2008 to November 2011.

She is also Chairperson of the Board of Western Hemisphere Region and is President of the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago (FPATT). 

Dr. Sharpe is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with the Ministry of Health of Trinidad and Tobago and an associate lecturer in Psychiatry with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the West Indies.

She has been associated with FPATT for the past 22 years and is recognized as a leading figure in the field of family planning and sexual reproductive health in the region.  

Dr. Sharpe has had the distinction of being selected for several Prime Ministerial and Cabinet appointments of Trinidad and has also served as consultant and advisor to Pan American Health Organisation, UNICEF and UNDCIP on many occasions.

Dr. Sharpe has been committed throughout her career and in a volunteer capacity to champion the cause of optimum sexual, emotional and psychological health for all at interpersonal, regional and international levels.