These Are The Chairs And Co-Chairs Of The Mapp-Potter Transition Team

ST. THOMAS — At the WTJX-TV studios in St. Thomas on Friday, Governor-elect Kenneth Mapp along with Lt. Governor-elect Osbert Potter revealed the people who will make up the Mapp administration transition team. 

The team includes people who have served in varying capacities in the community, both in the public and private sector. It is a team Mapp calls “solid,” as he says he endeavors to lead a government that is transparent, and one that “is serious about taking care of the seniors of the Virgin Islands…and people who are struggling.”

The Mapp-Potter transition team committees and chairpersons 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.

All chairpersons will report to Potter. The district vice-chairs are Juel Molloy, St.Thomas; Frankie Johnson, St.Croix; and Louis Penn, St.
John.

Mapp said on Friday that his administration is committed to meeting members of the 31st Legislature and Stacey Plaskett, the newly elected Delegate to Congress, in order to forge new relationships to better the Virgin Islands. Furthermore, he said his team is already in talks with business people who want to invest in the territory.

Mapp and Potter were elected in a landslide victory against Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen in a run-off election on November 18. On the night of his victory, Mapp said he and Potter were committed to working hard and improving the standard of living for all Virgin Islands’ residents.

Feature Photo: From left: Frankie Johnson, Juel T. Molloy and Celestino A. White, with the Governor and Lieutenant Governor-elect.