About Me

Meet Donovan Longmore

The History

— How it all began

Donovan Longmore is an avid entrepreneur with over 35 years of leadership experience in the entertainment, finance and healthcare industries. Born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and migrated to the U.S. in early 1980. He carried with him a dream and vision of making Jamaica a better place for all and has a passion for making a positive impact in his community.

My Mission

Utilizing the concept of “Made in Jamaica”, the idea is to market community businesses and services from Jamaica on a worldwide level. This will in turn help stabilize the economy by providing jobs and help improve the overall living conditions in the country

My Education

While studying Accounting at Central Connecticut State University, he noted the limited access and scarcity of Caribbean music on national and local radio stations, which inspired him to become an on air radio personality on WFCS in 1988. The opportunities enabled him to host, market, and promote concerts, fashion shows, forums and programs throughout the US and the Caribbean. His passion and devotion to help others in the Caribbean Diaspora has inspired him to be an active advocate for numerous causes in the West Indian Spectrum. Mr. Longmore decided to put forth his GOD given talent to help bring changes in his community. He is the representative for the state of Connecticut Northeast region of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council and serves on several task forces (Crime Prevention, Agriculture, Child Development, Churches, Scouting and United Way). He is the VP of Marketing and Public Relations of Community Tourism in Jamaica

And So . . .

Mr. Longmore decided to put forth his GOD given talent to help bring changes in his community. He is the representative for the state of Connecticut Northeast region of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council and serves on several task forces (Crime Prevention, Agriculture, Child Development, Churches, Scouting and United Way). He is the VP of Marketing and Public Relations of Community Tourism in Jamaica. He is the President of Earth Angel Productions – a gospel based company that promotes talent searches for young people.

My Experience

My Mantra

Love GOD & Live, Serve & stay Humble

— Donovan Longmore

Achievements

His leadership as a humanitarian and media personality has been recognized by the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland and the cities of Hartford, Baltimore and Springfield. A few of his numerous awards include Exceptional Community Service Leader of the Extraordinary People Awards, two Uollywood Lifetime & Humanitarian Awards, DDEA Awards for Lifetime Achievement & Ambassador of Education to Jamaica and the “One Hundred Men of Color” Award in 2015. He is a committee member of the West Indian Independence Celebrations and Taste of the Caribbean & Jerk Festival; two of the largest festivals in North America that generates over 20,000 people annually.

He supports various charitable organizations such as: Sickle Cell Foundation, Jamaica Gymnastic Association, Ex Servicemen & Women of Jamaica and children Bible clubs. He is chairperson for PLOG, a non-profit organization that provides skills training and support for underprivileged children in Ghana Africa.

Family and More

A loving and devoted husband, father, mentor, tutor, speaker and basketball coach; he credits his blessings to GOD and then Family. He hosts the television series “Long Talks” and a radio program entitled “Reggae Voyage”, Saturdays at 8:00pm on WESU 88.1FM www.wesufm.org (rebroadcast Tuesdays at 5:30pm EST on freshfmradiolondon.com and is the CEO of reggae.university site. His shows and website aims to educate, motivate, inspire, inform, and entertain the global Diaspora while spreading the Love and Culture of the Caribbean through Music, community tourism and conversations. Longmore and his wife Jackie have put together a non-profit organization (D&J Longmore Foundation) to help needy children in Jamaica and Africa. This is part of his marketing concept with an effort of making for a Better World through healing, tourism, skilled training, media, business, music, fashion, sports, movies, education and social networking. His love for pageants and fashion shows has spurred him to be the host of the Annual Miss Plus Size Universe International Pageant. He is a volunteer/cook at Bloomfield Congregational Church where he help serves food to the community.