Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
The Virgin Islands of
the USA (US Virgin Islands) (Female suffrage 1922) USA purchased the Former Danish West Indies
(Dansk Vestindiske Øer) in 1917 making it an associated state and
and US
External Territory
Also see US Virgin Islands Parliament
1972-79 Commissioner of Conservation
and Cultural Affairs Hortense C. Willigan Rowe
1991-98 Attorney General
Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine
1995-98 Commissioner of
Education Linda Creque
1995-98 Commissioner of Housing, Parks and Recreation Jenifer Nugent-Hill
1994-95
Acting Commissioner of Health Donna Marie Christian-Green
Former Assistant Commissioner of
Health and Delegate to the United State House of Representatives from 1997 as
Donna Christian-Christensen.
2014 she was Democratic Candidate for
governor but lost to the only man among a total of five candidates. (b. 1945-).
1998-2003 Commissioner of Human Service Catherine L. Mills
1998-2003 Commissioner of
Licensing and Consumer’s Affairs Vera M. Falu
1998-2003 Commissioner of Planning and National Resources Buelah A. Dalmida-Smith
1998-2003 Director of Energy
Alicia Barnes-James
1998-2003 Director of Internal
Revenue Claudette Farrington
1998-2003 Director of
Personnel Ellen Murraine
1999-2006
Commissioner of Finance and Treasurer Bernice A.
Turnbull
2003-06 Commissioner of Education Noreen Michael
2003-06 Commissioner of Health Darlene Carty
2006-06 Commissioner of Human Service Sedonie Halbert
2003-06 Commissioner of Tourism Pamela C.
Richards
2006-07 Attorney General Kerry Drue
2007 Acting Commissioner of Labor Arah Lockhart
2007 Acting Commissioner of Planning and Natural Resources Claudette C. Lewis
Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Natural Resources 2003-07
2007 Acting Commissioner of Tourism Monique Sibilly-Hodge
Assistant
Commissioner from 2003.
2007 Acting Commisioner of Health Phyllis Wallace
Later Commissioner for Education
2007 Acting Commissioner of the Public Finance Authority Cherrie Cole
2007-15 Director of Management and Budget Debra Gottlieb
Named Deputy
Commisisoner of Education in 2015.
2007-09 Commissioner of Finance Claudette J. Watson-Anderson
2009-15 Commissoner of Internal Revenue
2007-09 Commissoner of Internal Revenue Gizette Canegata-Thomas
2007-15 Commissioner of the Property and Procurement Department Lynn Millin
Maduro
2007-15 Commissioner of Tourism Beverly
Nicholson-Doty
2007-12 Commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs Grace Fahie
Assistant Commissioner until her appointment.
2007-15 Commissioner of Education Donna Frett-Gregory
2007-12 Commissioner of Health Vivian Ebbesen-Fludd
2012-15 Commissioner of Health Darice Plaskett
2015- Attorney General Soraya Diase-Coffelt
2015-
Commissioner of Education Sharon McCollum, PhD
2015- Commissioner of
Tourism Beverly Nicholson Doty
2015- St. Croix Administrator Stephanie S.
Williams
Last updates 10.01.15