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GERS ANNOUNCES NOTICE OF UPCOMING ST. CROIX RETIREE TRUSTEE ELECTION/NOMINATION PACKETS

(Tuesday, April 20, 2021)
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 the St. Croix District. There were no nomination packets submitted during the prior election cycle.

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 the St. Croix District.  There were no nomination packets submitted during the prior election cycle. 

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 St. Croix Building lobby area during the hours of 9 am to 4 pm, or fillable packets are available for download on our website at www.usvigers.com. Completed nomination packets must be sent by email at  GERSElections@usvigers.com, returned to the main building, or mailed and received by the GERS at the following address no later than May 14, 2021 at 4pm:

Government Employees’ Retirement System of the Virgin Islands
Attention: Election Committee
St. Croix – 3004
Estate Orange Grove -Ste. 1, Christiansted, VI 00820-4260

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

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To view this Press Release in a PDF format click here.

To download nomination packet click here!