Cindy Richardson By. GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Government House announced Friday that Governor Albert Bryan has nominated Assistant Labor Commissioner Cindy Richardson as director of the V.I. Division of Personnel.
According to the release, Ms. Richardson is a native of St. Thomas who has served in the V.I. Department of Labor for 14 years, including 11 years as the department’s director of grants/federal grants manager and assistant commissioner.
“As I say good-bye to my VI Department of Labor family, I look forward to the august responsibility granted to me by the Bryan-Roach Administration to serve the Virgin Islands in a different capacity. In my 22 years as a government employee, I acknowledge some of the strains that we as employees have faced within our personnel system,” stated Ms. Richardson. “However, I have witnessed the tremendous growth and improvements made within system implemented by the previous director. I am excited to continue to expand on the exceptional work that has already started at the Division of Personnel.”
Government House said Ms. Richardson holds a master’s of business administration degree from the University of the Virgin Islands, as well as a bachelor of science in marketing from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a graduate of Ss. Peter and Paul High School on St. Thomas.
Ms. Richardson has a wide range of experience, including oversight of $26 million in grant funding, workforce and economic development, budgeting and federal compliance, said Gov't House, which further stated that the nominee is involved in various community organizations and is the daughter of Henry Richardson and the late Irene Richardson, and the mother of two daughters, C’Anne and Tyra Hunt.
