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Noel Hodge Tapped as WAPA Interim Executive Director

The governing board of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority has selected Noel Hodge as interim executive director and chief executive officer. The appointment takes effect immediately while a search for a permanent executive director gets underway. Mr. Hodge is currently the chief operating officer of the water system. A message from board chairman, Property & Procurement Commissioner Anthony Thomas to employees on Monday, heaped praise on former director Lawrence Kupfer whose three-year term at the helm of the company ended with his resignation in recent days. “Director Kupfer’s contributions and accomplishments were often undervalued and underestimated. He entered WAPA with the electrical system freshly restored from the 2017 hurricanes and at a time when WAPA was struggling to resume its monthly billing. Mr. Kupfer stabilized the Authority, saw it through some of its most difficult financial times, and to the end, was committed to developing a brighter financial outlook for...