Tregenza Roach
Tregenza Roach | |
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| 12th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands | |
| Assumed office January 7, 2019 | |
| Governor | Albert Bryan |
| Preceded by | Osbert Potter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 7, 1959 Sandy Point Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Political party | Independent (before 2019) Democratic (2019–present) |
| Education | University of the Virgin Islands University of Missouri (BA) University of Connecticut, Hartford (JD) |
Tregenza A. Roach (born August 7, 1959) is a Kittitian-American politician, attorney and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, since 2019. He previously served as a senator in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands from 2013 to 2019.
Early life and education[]
Tregenza Roach migrated from Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United States Virgin Islands at the age of eight to join his parents, Victor and Iona Roach, who had made Saint Thomas their home years earlier. After attending St. Thomas Seventh-day Adventist School and V.I. public schools, Roach graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School and attended the College of the Virgin Islands, now known as the University of the Virgin Islands, as a Holstein–Lewis scholar. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism at the University of Missouri and launched his career as a reporter for the Virgin Islands Daily News, rising to news editor. He holds a juris doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Roach was a law clerk at various U.S. and V.I. governmental offices, practiced in the Territorial Court's Civil and Family divisions and was an associate attorney at Bornn Bornn Handy and Rashid. He has been a member of the Virgin Islands Bar since 1991.[1][2]
Roach is also an author and poet whose work has been included in several collections of contemporary Caribbean poetry. He was awarded the Margaret Walker Fiction Prize by the Detroit Writers Guild in 1999 and the St. Thomas & St. John Library Association's Distinguished Caribbean Author Award in 2009.[3]
Travels[]
- May 1-5, 2019: Attended United Nations Caribbean Regional Seminar in Grenada.
- June 23-28, 2019: Attended National Association of Insurance Commissioners (N.A.I.C.) Executive Committee Interim Meeting, and Mid-Year Commissioners Roundtable Session in Rockport, Maine.[4]
- July 6-8, 2019: Roach left the territory on personal matter.
- September 9-15, 2019: Attended Guam Commission on Decolonization conference in Guam.
- September 20-27, 2019: Roach left the territory for personal time.
- December 5-10, 2019: Attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Fall National Meeting in Austin, Texas.
References[]
- ^ "Tregenza Roach". The Virgin Islands Daily News. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. October 16, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "Albert Bryan announces Tregenza Roach as gubernatorial running mate". The Virgin Islands Daily News. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. April 20, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "Tregenza A. Roach". Little Bell Caribbean. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "Roach Out Of Territory For N.A.I.C. Meeting In Maine". VI Consortium. June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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