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The Virgin Islands Port Authority's
Principal Officers
Interim Executive Director
Don C. Mills, Esq.
Attorney
Don C. Mills
was selected to serve as the Virgin
Islands Port Authority's interim
executive director on February 29, 2011. He will serve as the
agency's director while the board conducts a search for a permanent
executive
director for the agency.
Attorney Mills has worked at the VI Port Authority as its legal
counsel since June 20, 1989. Prior to his tenure at the Port
Authority, Mills engaged in private law practice with a
concentration in corporate, real estate, commercial and personal
injury law. He was employed as counsel to the VI Office of Highway
Safety in Frederiksted, St. Croix. He is a member of the Virgin
Islands Bar Association, the American Bar Association and an
inactive member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Mills also
served in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1968 and was honorably
discharged as a Sergeant.
Attorney Mills has a Juris Doctorate from Villanova University
School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from
Temple University.
 Assistant
Executive Director
David W. Mapp
David
W. Mapp
serves as the VI Port Authority’s assistant executive director. He
has worked with the Port Authority since 1985 and is directly
responsible for the oversight of all Port Authority operations and
its employees on the island of St. Croix. In his capacity as the
assistant director, Mapp also serves as the manager of the Henry E.
Rohlsen Airport.
 Director
of Administration & Finance
Judith V. James
Judith V. James
is the Port Authority’s director of administration and finance. In
her capacity as director, James oversees the agency’s administration
and finance department which develops the Authority’s operating
budget, prepares the authority’s financial statements, monthly
financial status reports, assists external auditors with the
preparation of annual audits and prepares monthly reports of marine
and aviation traffic. The department is responsible for reviewing
and amending the Port Authority’s marine and aviation tariffs, based
on recommendations from its marine and aviation consultants. In
addition, James supervises a combined total of 20 employees in the
Port Authority’s information systems department, the accounting
department and the purchasing departments on St. Thomas and St.
Croix. She was hired by the Port Authority as an accountant and was
promoted to accounting manager. In 2004 she was promoted to director
of administration and finance. James has a Bachelors Degree in
Accounting from the University of the Virgin Islands.
 Director
of Engineering
Dale A. Gregory
Dale A. Gregory
is the director of engineering. Gregory is charged with the
responsibility of overseeing the planning and management of the
capital improvement projects for both the aviation and marine
divisions – including managing all federal grant monies received for
construction and improvement projects. The engineering department
solicits bids and funding for capital projects, oversees project
design and performs construction management, project inspection,
facility operation and major maintenance for all construction
projects.
Gregory was hired by the Port Authority as a project representative
and project manager in 1983. He was promoted to engineering
director in 1995. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil
Engineering from the University of West Virginia. He is also a
licensed Civil Engineer and a member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, the American Concrete Institute, the American
Association of Airport Executives and the International Conference
of Building Officials.
Virgin
Islands Port Authority Executive Staff
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Don C. Mills, Esq.,
Interim Executive Director
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Mr. David W. Mapp, Assistant Executive Director
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Mrs. Judith V. James, Director of Administration and Finance
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Mr. Dale A. Gregory, Director of Engineering
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Ms. Denise M. Mills, CPM®,
Director of Property Management
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Milton Potter, Director of Human Resources
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Henry V. Carr, Esq.,
Acting Legal Counsel
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Mr. Edred Wilkes, Chief Law Enforcement Officer
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Mr. Kelvin Industrious,
Marine Manager - St. Thomas/St. John
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Mr. John Payne, Marine Manager - St. Croix
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Ms. Vickee Armstrong, Crown Bay District General Manager
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Mr. José Nazario,
Airport Manager - St. Thomas
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Ms. M. Anna Penn, Accounting Manager
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Ms. Felicia Blake, Maintenance Manager - St. Thomas/St. John
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Ms.
Monifa A. Marrero,
Public Information Officer
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Mrs. Julice Harley-Powell, Executive Assistant
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