GERS News

GERS Announces Notice of Upcoming Retiree Trustee Election/Nomination Packets

GERS Administrator, Austin L. Nibbs, wishes to advise retirees that in accordance with Act 6794 widely known as the Reform Act of 2005, GERS will be conducting elections for one (1) retiree from each district to serve on its Board of Trustees.

Please note that eligibility requirements state that only retirees of the Government who are members of the System are eligible to vote and seek election to the Board.

Each candidate shall be a retiree of the GERS and have a minimum of five years’ experience and at least a bachelor’s degree in any of the following: Investment Banking; Economics; Finance; Insurance; Law; Medicine; Accounting; Actuarial Science; Taxation; Real Estate Appraisal or Brokerage and Securities Trading.

Nomination packets are now available for pick up at the GERS Buildings in each district’s lobby areas during the hours of 9am to 4pm or fillable packets are available for download on our website at www.usvigers.com.  Completed packets must be emailed to GERSElections@usvigers.com or postmarked to the following address by October 23, 2020:

Government Employees’ Retirement System of the Virgin Islands
Attention: Election Committee
St. Thomas - 3438 Kronprindsens Gade, GERS Complex -Ste. 1, St. Thomas, VI 00802-5720 or
St. Croix – 3004 Estate Orange Grove -Ste. 1, Christiansted, VI 00820-4260

The Election will begin during the month of December. 
For more information please call Asiah Clendinen Gumbs at (340) 776-7703 extension 4907.

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