BDO, A USVI Firm, Partners With Witt O'Brien's To Manage Territory's Disaster Recovery Projects
- Staff
- February 11, 2019
Fourteen highly skilled local professionals have been hired by St. Thomas-based BDO USVI, a professional services firm partnering with FEMA contractor Witt O’Brien’s to implement a program management office (PMO) that will work across all governmental entities receiving federal disaster funding to help ensure the territory’s hundreds of reconstruction projects are completed in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, a release BDO issued Monday said. According to the release, the close-knit BDO USVI PMO group will operate within the Public Finance Authority’s (PFA) newly established Office of Disaster Recovery, which will provide strategic oversight for the expected $8 billion in federal disaster recovery funds allotted to the USVI. The new hires selected for the PMO, a first in the territory, have many years of experience in analytics, project management and communications in various industries, the release said. One employee, Melania Girigoria, who joined BDO USVI’s PMO as a pro...
