Jamaican Attorney, Sanya Goffe Passion and purpose

Sanya Goffe

December 9, 2019

THIRTY-NINE years ago twin girls were born to Jamaican parents in a Chicago hospital. As the girls grew it became increasingly easy to tell them apart, not only because they were fraternal, but because the girls were almost nothing alike. Twin one, Sanya, was very athletic and enjoyed competitive sports, while LeAnne preferred the arts. Though they both attended Mona Preparatory School, they were in different classes and had kept different friends. Sanya then went to Campion College while LeAnne attended St Andrew High School for Girls, and they pursued their different passions. Today the women are even further apart, both geographically and professionally. LeAnne resides in the United States, where she is a nurse who specialises in trauma programme management and ensures compliance with national and state regulations for trauma care. Sanya, on the other hand, lives in Jamaica and wears many, many hats. Perhaps that's why she wears her hair short.

Sanya Goffe, Attorney

She smiled as she welcomed the All Woman team into her office at Hart Muirhead Fatta, where she is a partner. The refreshing sense of calm in the room defied the bustling Knutsford Boulevard that lay below it, and was punctuated by the fragrant soy candle that Goffe had picked up at A Jamaican Made Christmas last weekend. The attorney serves as president of the Pension Industry Association of Jamaica (PIAJ) and chair of its legislative committee; and a director of NCB Financial Group Limited and National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited. She also sits on the board of directors of Jamaica Producers Group Limited.

Goffe (nee Young) is also a mother, wife, aunt, head of a charitable organisation, travel enthusiast, gym junkie and retired bacchanalist. How does she do it? more