VIRGIN ISLANDS PORT AUTHORITY 
BOARD ACTIONS LIST 
Meeting Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 
Location: 
VIPA Conference Room 
Crown Bay Center, St. Thomas, USVI & Zoom 
 
 
Board Members  
1. 
Willard S. John, St. Croix – CHAIRMAN  
2. 
Kevin Rodriquez, USVIEDA Chairman – VICE CHAIR 
3. 
Leona Smith, St. John – SECRETARY 
4. 
Joseph B. Boschulte, Commissioner of Tourism 
5. 
Derek A. Gabriel, Commissioner of DPW (absent) 
6. 
Gordon Rhea, Esq., Attorney General 
7. 
Celestino A. White Sr., St. Thomas 
8. 
St. Croix Resident – Position Unfilled 
9. 
St. Thomas Resident – Position Unfilled 
 
Board Staff 
1. Tonya Pickering, Internal Auditor 
 
VIPA Officers 
1. 
Carlton Dowe. Executive Director (absent) 
2. 
Bill Rawlins, Assistant Executive Director 
3. 
Anise Hodge, Deputy Exec. Director (absent) 
4. 
Anna M. Penn, CFO (absent) 
5. 
Catherine Hendry, Esq., Legal Counsel 
6. 
Diane Richardson, HR Director (absent) 
7. 
Julice Holder, Chief of Staff 
VIPA Staff 
1. 
Michelle George, Executive Secretary STX 
2. 
Nicole Scatliffe, Director of IT 
3. 
Jerome Sheridan, Territorial Airport Manager 
4. 
Kate Davis, Procurement & Contracts Manager 
5. 
Joseph Cranston Jr., Marine Manager STT/STJ 
6. 
Mo Dennis, Civil Engineer STX 
7. 
Everton Rush, IT Manager 
8. 
Rishaun Malone, LAN Support Specialist 
8. 
Monifa Brathwaite, Public Information Officer 
BOARD MEETING MINUTES 
 
Board Meeting Minutes –  
December 18, 2024 
Accepted the minutes for the December 18, 2024 
board meeting. 
 
Board Meeting Minutes –  
January 23, 2025 
Accepted the minutes for the January 23, 2025 board 
meeting. 
 
POLL VOTE RATIFICATION 
 
Poll Vote Ratification – Extension of the 
VIPA Airline Incentive 
Ratified the poll vote issued on February 19, 2025, to 
renew the existing VIPA Airline Incentive from March 1, 
2025 through February 28, 2026. 
 
Poll Vote Ratification – Offer Airline 
Incentive to jetBlue 
Authorized the Executive Director to offer the airline 
incentive to jetBlue airlines applicable to its new 
service connecting STX and San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
 
FINANCE COMMITTEE 
 
No actions were taken. 
 
 
PROJECTS & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE 
 
CEKA Perimeter Fence Replacement – 
Bid Award 
 
Awarded a contract to Julien’s Welding in the amount 
of $153,901.48 to replace the Cyril E. King Airport’s 
perimeter fence.  
 
VIPA’s Enterprise Server Upgrade  
 
Authorized the Executive Director to purchase an 
upgraded enterprise server hardware solution from 
Evertec Group LLC in the amount not to exceed 
$150,000. 
 
VIPA Board Meeting Actions List 
February 25, 2025 
Page 2 
 
VIPA’s Title VI Program Implementation 
Plan and its ADA Program Policy and 
Procedures for FY25-FY27 
 
Approved VIPA’s Title VI Implementation Plan and its 
Americans with Disabilities Act Program Policy and 
Procedures for FY 2025 through 2027 in compliance 
with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
 
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE 
 
No actions were taken. 
 
 
EXECUTIVE SESSION 
 
No executive session was held.