Jacky Lumarque is Rector of Université Quisqueya (Haiti) and President of the Caribbean Conference of Presidents of Universities. Professor Lumarque also recently coordinated the work of a Presidential Working Group for the elaboration of a Strategic Plan for the Haitian Education System. He has also assisted the Ministry of Education in the preparation of a 5-year Operation Plan, based on the recommendations of the Strategic Plan.

Professor Lumarque was also in charge of overseeing the work of five other Presidential Commissions during the last three years: Competitiveness, Reform of the Judicial System, Reform of the Constitution, Information Technology and e-Governance, and Cultural Heritage. Professor Lumarque is also President of the Foundation Réseau de Développement Durable (RDDH), a private foundation dedicated to the promotion of Information technology in the country.

Since March 2009, Professor Lumarque has been serving as a Board Member to AUF (Agence universitaire de la Francophonie) and, since 2008, as a Board Member of IESALC/UNESCO (International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean). Professor Lumarque also serves as member of the Orientation Council of AIRD (Agence inter-établissements de recherche pour le développement, France).

Ten years ago, Professor Lumarque was responsible for the preparation of the National Plan of Education which was the basis for the transformation of the Haitian education system from 1996 through 2008. He has also accumulated vast local and international experience as a consultant for IDB, the World Bank and Capital Consult, the leading Haitian Consulting firm specialized in Management, Economy and Finance.

Professor Lumarque is a mathematician and a graduate of Université Toulouse III (France). He has been teaching for 25 years at the State University of Haiti. He has also published in various areas including Didactics of Mathematics, Education, Technical and Vocational Education.