On January 6, 2015, Kenneth E. Mapp was sworn in as the eighth elected Governor of the United States Virgin Islands with his running mate, Osbert E. Potter. Governor Mapp was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1961, he moved to St. Croix, USVI where he attended St. Croix Central High School, graduating in 1973. In adulthood, he earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard School of Business. Mapp also completed other fellowships at Harvard, and at the Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. In his early career, Mapp served in Brooklyn's 83rd precinct, and later became an officer of the Virgin Islands Police Department and was elected president of the Police Benevolent Association. In 1982 Mapp was elected to serve the District of St. Croix in the 15th Legislature of the Virgin Islands and again in the 18th and 20th Legislatures. He chaired the Committee on Public Safety and Judicial Affairs. He also held positions of Assistant Director of the Industrial Development Commission, now the Industrial Development Authority, and Director of the Consumer Services Administration, now the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs. Governor Roy L. Schneider, chose Mapp as his running mate for the highest offices in the land, and on January 2, 1995, Mapp was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of the US Virgin Islands. After his term, he accepted appointment by Governor Charles Turnbull to become Director of Finance and Administration for the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority.

Keith O'Neale Jr. has served on the Public Finance Authority Board of the Virgin Islands since 2009 and he also serves on the Board of the Virgin Islands Next Generation Network. He is the owner of O'Neale's Transport Inc., Virgin Islands Regulated Waste Management Inc. and O'Neale Asset Management LLC. He holds a Bachelor of Business Arts Degree with a Concentration in Computer Based Information Systems from Howard University, Washington DC and an Associate Degree in Environment, Health and Safety from Government Institutes. He is also fluent in Spanish and the holder of a Private Aircraft Pilot License.

Julio A. Rhymer Sr. is the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Previously, Mr. Rhymer was the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) until December 31, 2017. Prior to his appointment as CEO of WAPA, this native Virgin Islander served for six months as the Authority’s Interim Executive Director/CEO. He was selected to serve permanently on August 3, 2016. Rhymer joined WAPA in 2012 as the Chief Financial Officer, with oversight of the public utility’s financial operations as well as its divisions of Customer Service, Purchasing, and Pricing & Rates. During his tenure as CFO, Rhymer was instrumental in the creation of the Authority's new energy efficiency business unit, “VIEnergize”. Prior to joining the Authority, Rhymer served as the Chief Financial Officer at the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA), where he led the housing merger that consolidated the housing components of the former Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation into the housing portfolio of VIHFA. As a part of this merger, he integrated the Community Development Block Grant program into the federal programs at VIHFA. Rhymer is Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the St. Thomas Federal Credit Union and is a member of the audit and finance committee of the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC). He holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting and Financial Management and a Master of Business Administration, with concentration in Sustainability Management.

Pablo O’Neill brings an extensive background to the PFA's Board of Directors. With 43 years of financial, tax, and business management experience in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, Mr. O’Neill is poised to assist in guiding this important body forward. O’Neill has held high-level positions on the Banking Board of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Board of Public Accountancy, St. Croix Foundation for Community Development, Inc., Rotary Club of St. Croix, and the Chamber of Commerce, among many other local groups and organizations. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Florida and is managing member of O’Neill & Associates, LLC Accounting Firm.

Valdamier Collens, CPA, a native of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, New York State Certified Public Accountant and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, offers more than 20 years of providing sustainable changes in processes, systems, fiscal management, compliance monitoring, and information technology in the public and private sectors. Mr. Collens has an extensive background in finance, international business and accounting across government, insurance, banking, derivative trading, and other financial services. He has spearheaded numerous restructuring engagements that required him to deliver rapid and sustainable impacts to income and financial operations, including compliance monitoring and reporting. Over the past seven years, Mr. Collens has successfully transformed financial reporting, key business processes and information technology for the Department of Finance and V.I. Port Authority (VIPA), which resulted in the following accomplishments: • Completion of bond financing worth approximately $60M for major marine related projects • Issued of seven (7) years of overdue government-wide comprehensive annual financial reports within five (5) years; • Restructured the processes related to annual budgeting and timely issuance of audited financial statements; • Implemented key modules (e.g., Payroll, Human Resources and Treasury) of GVI’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, including a complementary biometric time clock system; • Codified all-encompassing policies, procedures and reporting tools to improve internal control environment, reliability and decision making; and, • Managed day-to-day operations of treasury, financial reporting, IT systems, payroll and accounting divisions. Mr. Collens is a fine addition to the leadership team of the Public Finance Authority.