Dr Renee Rattray, director, Education Programmes at the JN Foundation and Leo Gilling of the Diaspora Advisory Board for Midwest USA, greet each other ahead of the plenary on education at the Sixth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James, June 16. Dr Rattray and Mr Gillings were two of the expert panelists at the session which was targeted at strengthening partnerships with the Diaspora to improve education.