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Meet the Founder
Kevon Gareth Foderingham
Founder + Principal Consultant East Yard Enterprises
Kevon Gareth Foderingham is a dynamic social entrepreneur, multidisciplinary artist, author, and podcaster, born and raised in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago. With over 20 years of experience in marketing and communications across the hospitality, education, creative, and nonprofit sectors, Kevon has built a career at the intersection of creativity and impact. He formerly served as the Regional Marketing and Communications Manager for PSI Caribbean, the local branch of the global health NGO Population Services International (PSI).
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He is the Founder and Principal Consultant of East Yard Enterprises, an independent creative social enterprise dedicated to empowering nonprofits and creative entrepreneurs across the Caribbean through innovative tools, meaningful opportunities, and strategic global connections. Under his leadership, East Yard delivers flagship programs like the AMPLIFY Connect: Creative Social Enterprise Fellowship and Summit, advancing culture, commerce, and cross-cultural collaboration as vehicles for community development.
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Kevon’s creative journey spans visual art, film, fashion, spoken word, and publishing. He has exhibited his artwork in Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States, and in 2019, curated Trinidad and Tobago’s National Contemporary Visual Art Exhibition at the National Academy for the Performing Arts during CARIFESTA XIV.
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A passionate development worker and arts educator, Kevon co-edited and published What Matters (2024) through East Yard—a youth-authored anthology developed under his For Common Good: Youth Arts Enrichment Program. His other works include his debut motivational book, THINGS I LEARNED IN MY THIRTIES (2022), and its companion studio album, THINGS I LEARNED, VOL. 1: Motivational Melodies.
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An alumnus of the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) sponsored by the U.S. State Department, Kevon also hosts AMPLIFY Connect: The Podcast, which features interviews with changemakers from global exchange programs and the creative social enterprise space.
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Kevon’s contributions to the arts and social impact sector have earned him an Individual Civic Award from the Mayor of the Royal Chartered Borough of Arima (2023) and the inaugural Literary Voices of Arima Award (2024). Through visionary leadership, creativity, and a deep commitment to purpose-driven innovation, Kevon Gareth Foderingham continues to inspire, amplify, and connect changemakers across the Caribbean and beyond.