Sonia M. Johnny

Sonia M. Johnny (born 1953) is a St. Lucian attorney who served as her country's first woman ambassador. She has served as the Chief Negotiator for the Caribbean, President of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, Chief of the OAS Department of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness and Deputy Director of the Summits Secretariat.

Biography Sonia Merlyn Johnny was born in 1953 on St. Lucia. She attended St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Castries, Saint Lucia and went on to attain a bachelor's degree from the University of the West Indies. Subsequently, Johnny completed graduate studies in International Public Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a law degree at the Georgetown University Law School. In 1979 Johnny began working at the St. Lucian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Johnny was a part of the delegation sent by CARICOM to Haiti after the 2004 Haitian coup d'état to evaluate the situation, being noted for her "shrewd negotiating skills and suave diplomacy" in the crisis, helped restore calm. In 2007, Johnny resigned as ambassador which she continued to head until 2010. serving in that capacity until work was completed on the 2012 Summit of the Americas.

On 19 September 2012, Johnny returned as St. Lucian ambassador to the United States. In 2014, Johnny served as one of the quarterly chairs of the OAS Permanent Council and in 2016 was appointed to serve on another OAS delegation as part of a fact-finding mission to Haiti.