Representatives of the U.S. Virgin Islands attended the National Governor’s Association (NGA) Initiative Summit titled, “America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow’s Jobs in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This summit was held from November 4-5, 2013. According to NGA, summit participants worked toward defining the problem of aligning education, workforce and economic development systems with the needs of employers and then identified solutions by sharing the work of states.
(L to R) Arah Lockhart, Assistant Commissioner of Employment and Training at the V.I. Department of Labor; Dr. Sarah Mahurt, Deputy Commissioner for Curriculum and Instruction at the V.I. Department of Education; Jennifer Matarangas-King, Vice-President of Public Relations and Government Affairs at Innovative (U.S. Virgin Islands); Attorney Richard T. Evangelista, Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands; and Jennifer Nugent-Hill, Assistant Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer of the V.I. Economic Development Authority (VIEDA).
