WAPA Names General Counsel and Director of Transmission and Distribution for Electric System

V.I. Water and Power Authority Interim Executive Director Noel Hodge announced Wednesday the selection of Dionne G. Sinclair as general counsel and Ashley M. Bryan as director of transmission and distribution for the electric system.

“I am elated to make the announcement of these two very competent and dedicated women to key leadership positions within the authority. Both have been serving as interim leaders, and following their completion of an interview process, we have determined they are the best candidates to lead their respective divisions,” said Mr. Hodge, according to a WAPA release.

Ms. Sinclair joined the authority as deputy general counsel in 2020 having spent years in the public and private sectors, according to the release. She is a former assistant attorney general at the V.I. Justice Department. While residing in New York, she held positions with The Chandler Law Firm, was founder and principal of her own firm, served as a senior associate with White, Fleischner & Fino and as an assistant district attorney.

Licensed to practice law in the Virgin Islands, New York and New Jersey, Ms. Sinclair holds a juris doctor from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor of arts in communications and history from the University of Pennsylvania. As general counsel, Ms. Sinclair will oversee the authority’s legal and contracting departments.