Ritter-Freeman Confirmed as Chief Information Officer

~~Adz:Right~~Roadtown, Tortola- His Excellency the Governor, after consultation with the Public Service Commission, has approved Mrs. Geraldine Ritter-Freeman’s confirmation in the post of Chief Information Officer at the Department of Information and Public Relations.

Mrs. Ritter-Freeman has been acting in the post since 2005.

The Chief Information Officer is responsible for managing the staff, activities, and budget of the Department of Information and Public Relations; leading, developing, and implementing strategic communications plans; and coordinating the uses of all communication media to deliver public relations strategies and campaigns, among other things.

Mrs. Ritter Freeman holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications from Norfolk State University in Virginia, USA.

Mrs. Ritter-Freeman was appointed to the public service in May 1999 as Information Officer I in the Department of Public Relations. She was later promoted to the post of Information Officer II and Deputy Chief Information Officer in January 2001 and January 2003, respectively.

Prior to her appointment in the public service, Mrs. Ritter-Freeman worked as an intern at WTKR-TV 3 in Norfolk, Virginia and as a news reporter at several organisations including WSTA Radio, WSVI-TV 8 and the Independent Newspaper in the United States Virgin Islands and ZROD in the British Virgin Islands.