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members elected him president of their Police Benevo-
lent Association.
Before serving as Governor, Mapp was a Virgin Islands
Senator, predominantly sitting on committees of finance
and economic development. He also served as an As-
sistant Director of the Industrial Development Commis-
sion, which later became the Economic Development
Authority; as the Director of the Consumer Services Ad-
ministration, which is now the Department of Licens-
ing and Consumer Affairs; as Commissioner of Insur-
ance; and Chairman of both the Banking Board, and the
Public Finance Authority. In 1994, he was elected to a
four-year term as Lieutenant Governor. After leaving of-
fice, he earned a master’s degree in public administra-
tion from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School
of Government and completed the Advanced Manage-
ment Program at Harvard Business School.
Mapp believes that his familiarity with both the public
and private sectors have well-prepared him for the chal-
Kenneth E. Mapp, Governor
