Director Cindy L. Richardson has announced the candidates for the GESC Group Health Insurance Elections. The elections will be held on Nov. 7, Government House announced in a press release Wednesday.
Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 6(b) requires that two employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands (one from each District) be democratically chosen by other government employees to be appointed to the GESC Health Insurance Board. Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 6(b) further requires that two retirees of the Government of the Virgin Islands be appointed to the GESC Health Insurance Board. The candidates are as follows:
- St. Thomas District – Active Employees
o Gilbert Comissiong, Physician, Schneider Regional Medical Center o Luis Slyvester, Deputy Executive Director, Waste Management
o Krishna Kilaru, Staff Physician, Schneider Regional Medical Center - St. Thomas District – Retirees – Candidate Unopposed o Lori Anderson – Current Board member
- St. Croix District – Active Employees
o Beverly Joseph, Director of Operations, Department of Human Services
o Olivine Ann Treasure Hodge, Staff Physician, Juan F. Luis Hospital
• St. Croix District – Retirees
o Debra Christopher, President, St. Croix Government Retirees, Inc.
o Sonia Maynard Liburd, Former Grants Manager, Bureau of Corrections
The GESC Group Health Insurance Election will be held via email; Government employees and retirees will receive an email on Nov. 7 to the email address on file with a link to cast their vote. Voting will begin at 1:00 a.m. and end at 11:59 p.m, according to the release.
Provisional ballots will be made available for employees and retirees who do not have an email address on file by contacting the Division of Personnel via email at Janice.freeman@dop.vi.gov, the press release stated.
Government employees and retirees are only allowed to vote for one candidate of their choice in their respective district and category, the release stated.