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Mrs. Darlene A. Carty Baptiste, MA Ed., R.T.T., E.M.T. was
born in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI).
She graduated from Howard University in Washington, DC
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1992; Radiologic
Medicine with a minor in Business Administration, as a
Board of Trustees Scholarship Recipient. Mrs. Baptiste
obtained a Masters of Arts in Education with a concentra-
tion in guidance and counseling from the University of the
Virgin Islands in 1998.
In 2003, Mrs. Baptiste was appointed as the first full-time
Health Commissioner in the USVI and was the first non-
physician and youngest local female to have held this post.
As the Health Commissioner she was responsible for a $67
million budget, provided support and advised the Governor
and made recommendations that affected the healthcare
system within the USVI.
In 2004, at the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard Univer-
sity, in Cambridge Massachusetts, she completed the Pro-
gram for Senior Managers in Government. Between 2000-
2012, Mrs. Baptiste served as the Chief Executive Officer
for the Health Authority in Anguilla; the Vice President for
Caribbean Operations for Edwards Consulting; and the Ex-
ecutive Director for Acute Alternative Medical Group, which
was the first Urgent Care and Sleep Center on the island of
St. Croix (USVI). Prior to 2000, she served as the Financial
Accounts Manager at the Schneider Regional Medical Cen-
ter (Formerly St. Thomas Hospital); the Technical Training
Manager for Northrop Grumman IT Health Sector in Rock-
ville, Maryland and has clinical duties at the Duke Univer-
sity Medical Center’s Department of Radiation Technology,
in North Carolina.
With over 20 years of experience in medical and health-
care services Mrs. Baptiste joined the British Virgin Islands
Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) in 2012 as the Chief
Executive Officer with immediate oversight for Peebles
Hospital inclusive of 11 clinical sites throughout the British
Virgin Islands.
Darlene Baptiste ,
CEO
