Sybil Ione McLaughlin MBE (born 24 August 1928) is an Caymanian national hero who became the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands. She was declared a National Hero in 1996. McLaughlin was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1928. In 1945 she started working for the Cayman Islands government and when they received a constitution she was made the clerk. During her career her expertise was used at other parliaments. She worked at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Stormont House and in the offices of the governments of Grenada and that of Trinidad and Tobago.