VIRGIN ISLANDS PORT AUTHORITY 
BOARD MEETING ACTIONS LIST 
 
March 20, 2024 
CHAIRED BY WILLARD JOHN, CHAIRMAN 
HERA Terminal VIPA Conference Room, St. Croix and via Zoom 
 
 
Board Members  
1. 
Willard S. John, St. Croix – CHAIRMAN 
2. 
Derek A. Gabriel, Commissioner of Public Works – VICE CHAIR  
3. 
Kevin Rodriquez, USVIEDA Chairman – SECRETARY 
4. 
Joseph B. Boschulte, Commissioner of Tourism (ABSENT) 
5. 
Ian Clement, Esq., Acting Attorney General 
6. 
Leona A. Smith, St. John 
7. 
Celestino A. White Sr., St. Thomas (ABSENT) 
8. 
St. Croix Resident – Position Unfilled 
9. 
St. Thomas Resident – Position Unfilled 
 
Board Staff 
1. Tonya Pickering, Internal Auditor 
VIPA Staff Present 
1. 
Carlton Dowe, Executive Director 
2. 
Bill Rawlins, Assistant Executive Director 
3. 
Anise Hodge, Deputy Executive Director 
4. 
Anna M. Penn, Chief Financial Officer 
5. 
Catherine Hendry, Legal Counsel 
6. 
Julice Holder, Chief of Staff  
7. 
Ava Penn, Director of Financial Affairs 
8. 
Diane Richardson, Director of HR 
9. 
Vincent Frazer, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney 
10. 
Kate Davis, Purchasing/Contracts Mgr. 
11. 
Deborah Washington, Property Manager 
12. 
Mervyn Constantine, Marine Manager STX 
13. 
Kensley Ducreay, IT STX  
14. 
Tafari Nelson, Mechanical Engineer STX 
15. 
Mojania Denis, Civil Engineer STX 
16. 
Christopher Jacobs Jr., Engineering Intern 
17. 
Dean Plaskett, Dir. of Facilities Maint. 
Via Zoom 
18. 
Jerome Sheridan, Territorial Airport Mgr. 
19. 
Monifa Brathwaite, PIO 
20. 
Joseph Cranston Jr., Marine Manager STT/J 
21. 
Nichelle Armstrong 
22. 
Roger Lamothe, ARFF Chief STX 
23. 
Leeanna Mahoney, Contract Specialist 
24. 
Lilita Seaton, Sr. Compliance Officer 
25. 
Chanee Chalon, Payroll Manager 
26. 
Shirley R. Edward, Accounting Mgr. of Ops 
27. 
Camisha Charleswell, Marine Rev. 
Operations Analyst STT/J 
28. 
Nicole Scatliffe, Director of IT 
29. 
Nyesha Sebastian, Grants/Prog. Analyst 
30. 
Nia Gumbs, Financial Affairs Assistant 
MATTERS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION 
 
Acceptance of Board Meeting Minutes – 
February 21, 2024 
 
Accepted the minutes for the VIPA Board Meeting held on 
February 21, 2024. 
Acceptance of Board Meeting Minutes – 
October 2020 – June 2021 
 
Accepted the minutes for the VIPA Board Meetings held in 
October 2020 through June 2021. 
 
FINANCE COMMITTEE 
 
Airline Incentive: Underhill Holdings, LLC 
dba Fly the Whale 
 
 
 
Accepted 
and 
approved 
the 
Executive 
Director’s 
recommendation to offer Underhill Holdings LLC dba Fly The 
Whale an airline incentive of departure fees reduced by fifty 
percent (50%) from Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (STX) and landing 
fees associated with arrivals from Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci 
Airport (SIG), San Juan Puerto Rico only waived at 100%. 
 
PROPERTY COMMITTEE 
 
No action was taken. 
 
 
PROJECTS & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE 
 
No action was taken. 
 
 
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE 
 
No action was taken. 
 
 
EXECUTIVE SESSION 
 
 
 
• 
Authorized the Executive Director to approve the proposed changes to the United Steelworkers 
(USW) Collective Bargaining Agreement.