United States Virgin Islands Governor-Elect Kenneth E. Mapp Introduces 14 Transition Committees
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands – In a press conference on Friday, December 5th, United States Virgin Islands Governor-Elect Kenneth E. Mapp and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Osbert Potter announced the volunteer chairs of the 14 transition committees that they recently formed to assess the government before they step into office next January. Each committee will examine various government departments and functions and will submit their reports to the Governor. All the chairs will report to Potter. The district vice-chairs are Juel Molloy, St.Thomas; Frankie Johnson, St.Croix and Louis Penn, St. John.
“We have examined the current situation in the Virgin Islands and have devised a transition team structure which will give us the most thorough snapshot of not only the central government, but also the needs of the private sector as well,” said Potter. “We opened up our transition team membership to the community at large to ensure their voices are represented and to develop a more accurate picture of where our resources and energies need to be prioritized and directed.”
Mapp added, “I want to thank all of the transition team members who have volunteered for this very arduous and time-consuming task of collecting this vast amount of information. Their reports will allow my Lt. Governor and I to structure and prioritize a government which will serve the people of the Virgin Islands in the best way possible”
“I’d like to also thank those persons who are not currently serving on the transition team, but continue to make their interest in assisting known to us. We welcome their support and I have no doubt that we will be availing ourselves of their talents and experience in short order.”
The Mapp/Potter transition team committees and chairs are as follows:
– Agriculture, Fisheries and Marittime: Chair – Carlos Robles, Vice Chair – Eddie Schuster
– Boards and Commissions: Chair – Randy Knight, Vice Chair – Kimberly Jones
– Economic Development: Chair – Simon Jones-Hendrickson, Vice Chair – Adrianne Dudley
– Education: Chair – Ludence Romney. Vice Chair – Vaughn Hewitt
– Energy, Technology and E-Commerce: Chair – Gustave James, Vice Chair Sebastiano Paiewonsky Cassinelli
– Finance and Administration: Chair – Joanne Bozzuto, Vice Chair – Marvin Pickering
– Inaugural Activities: Honorary Chair -Vashti Mapp. Chair – Luz Luis, Chair – Sebastiano Paiewonsky Cassinelli, Co-Chair – Barbara Schneider
– Government Operations: Chair – Mona Barnes, Vice Chair – Claudette Lewis
– Infrastructure and Transportation: Chair – Gregory Schuster, Vice Chair – Mustafa Abusaoud
– Instrumentalities: Chair – Dwayne Howell, Vice Chair – Louis DeLyrot
– Health and Human Services: Chair – Sedonie Halbert, Vice Chair – Dr. Cora Christian
– Housing and Parks: Chair – Pedro Cruz, Vice Chair – Kennard Calendar
– Law Enforcement: Chair – David Magras, Vice Chair – Soraya Diase Coffelt
– Personnel and Labor: Chair – Milton Potter, Vice Chair – Miguel Quinones, Jr.
The new administration is encouraging job seekers in the Territory and those who have left the Virgin Islands to apply at the transition website: www.mapppottertransition.com. The transition office phone number is: 340-775-MAPP.
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