Virgin Islands Certified Public Managers (VI-CPM™) Program
This program, managed and delivered by UVI-CELL on both the St. Croix and St. Thomas campuses, is a nationally accredited, academic and professional development initiative and is produced in partnership with the Government of the US Virgin Islands. In August 2014, the VI-CPM graduated 43 members in its inaugural cohort representing government sector managers in the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John districts.
VI-CPM classes are held on St. Thomas and St. Croix at the University of the Virgin Islands over a 14-month period. Program participants attend classes for three (3) consecutive days monthly from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
The fees for the VI-CPM program are tiered based on the organization's status as a government/non-profit or private sector agency.
Government & Non-Profits:
PROGRAM FEE
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Government & Non-Profit: $3,500
- Local Government: The Program Fee will be covered in full for 2019-2020 VI CPM Colleague Group participants who are employed full-time with the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands and apply for the current VI CPM Program under their official position with the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, on the condition that these participants sign the applicable GVI Continued Service Agreement (CSA). After the selection process has been completed, the CSA form will be provided to the GVI applicants chosen for the Program.
- Federal Government & Non-Profit: For payment arrangements, contact Dannica Thomas – Director of Institutional Effectiveness at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI): dthomas@uvi.edu | 340-693-1471.
Private Sector: $4,200
- For payment arrangements, contact Dannica Thomas – Director of Institutional Effectiveness at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI): dthomas@uvi.edu | 340-693-1471.
Please note that program fees do not cover meals, travel, or the application fee.
The VI-CPM program offers to its alumnae the rigorous academic and practical curriculum presented in a graduate program through the 210 hours of in-class instruction as well as the extensive industry research, writing assignments, and individual and group projects. Listed below are the courses taken by students in the VI-CPM program. All courses are taught either by UVI faculty or industry leaders with at least 15 years of related experience in the field.
CPM 030 - Orientation Management Assessment |
Through the use of self-assessment tools, learn how your personal style and needs compare with agency goals and other public managers' styles. |
CPM 100 - The Public Management Profession and Environment |
Learn current and relevant information on public management as a profession, including how the field is changing, how your position is affected by trends outside the organization and issues you will want to monitor in the coming year. |
CPM 110 - Presentation Skills |
Learn the critical skills needed to present yourself orally in many different settings, from one- on-one conversations to formal speeches and interviews with the media. |
CPM 118 - Organizational Analysis |
Learn to define your role in redesigning--not reorganizing--your organization. Learn to assess efficiency and effectiveness and to engineer the changes needed for productive growth. |
CPM 119 - Managing Organizational Change |
Learn to be an innovator and manager of change. Learn how people react to change and how you, as a manager, can help others to understand and accept change. |
CPM 120 - Strategic Thinking Planning and Org Transformation |
Discover how to use planning as a reliable management tool by learning how to develop measurable, obtainable goals; how to motivate others to understand these goals; and how to adapt your strategic plan to the future. |
CPM 130 - Productivity and Quality Improvement |
Explore all aspects of public sector quality improvement, including the manager's role, and ways to establish and measure your product and success stories in other public agencies. |
CPM 140 - Problem Analysis and Problem Solving |
Learn the systematic process of problem-solving, including communication processes to improve creativity; roles for groups and teams in problem-solving; how to define problems in different ways; and the limitations of your present problem-solving style. |
CPM 160 - Ethics, Values, and the Public Manager |
Learn how to promote ethical conduct, how to manage ethically and the potential problems in enforcing rules governing ethical behavior. |
CPM 170 - Leadership |
Examine leaders and leadership--what determines who becomes a leader, how to develop leadership abilities and how the context affects your behavior as a leader. |
CPM 200 - Case Studies in Decision Making |
Instructor-led seminar course |
CPM 200 - Case Studies in Decision Making |
Instructor-led seminar course |
CPM 204 - Managing Projects |
Learn the tools and methods for planning for, managing and evaluating projects. Learn how to manage multiple projects and maintain effective reporting systems. |
CPM 207 - Program Evaluation Techniques |
Learn the major information sources for a program evaluation, specific evaluation methods, the variety of statistical measures for analyzing data and how to prepare a responsive evaluation report. |
CPM 209 - Developed Case Studies |
Instructor-led seminar course |
CPM 220 - Policy Analysis for Non-Policy Analysts |
Learn established methods to evaluate policy decisions, predict outcomes, solve problems, make decisions and compare results. |
CPM 222 - The Territorial Budget Process |
Learn how the territory's annual budget is created, from the development of agency budget requests to the Governor's signature on the final budget bill many months later. Discover what factors influence whether a specific agency will be supported by the Legislature and the governor and the roles played by specific committees and members of the legislature in the budget process. |
CPM 225 - Media Relations |
Learn the rules for establishing and managing a proactive media relations program for your agency. Includes a discussion of public/media relations planning, and dealing with crises. |
CPM 226 - Working with Councils, Boards, and Commissions |
Learn to manage the tension between democracy and professionalism, how to describe your job and goals to elected or politically-appointed bodies, respond to policy-makers’ questions and demands, and build consensus on the board. |
CPM 227 - Executive Writing |
Improve your memos, letters and reports. Learn to select structure and supporting materials, choose appropriate language and analyze your intended audience. Participant writing samples will be analyzed. |
CPM 229 - Advanced Issues in Ethics |
Learn to recognize, analyze and resolve complicated problems of unethical behavior. Discover how to create an ethical environment. |
CPM 232 - Customer Service as a Strategic Issue |
Learn to motivate and orient the organization to the possibilities, challenges and rewards of improved customer service and to apply marketing concepts. |
CPM 234 - Legislative Relations |
Learn the general legal boundaries limiting the conduct of public officials and understand the difference between government practices and traditional business practices. |
CPM 240 - Organizational Performance Measurement |
Learn to develop clear objectives and to analyze your organization's effectiveness in achieving objectives. Learn the most efficient ways of achieving success at every level of management. |
CPM 242 - Developing Your Resilience |
Apply various organizational approaches or images as tools for guiding management action using these different 'lenses' to analyze, diagnose and transform your organization. |
CPM 250 - Creative Problem Solving |
Learn and practice techniques for improving your own creativity, that of your coworkers, and that of your organization as a whole. Learn ways to apply creative approaches to decision making, problem-solving, planning, program evaluation, customer service, and many other management functions. |
CPM 252 - Advanced Leadership |
Learn to develop strategies and take risks in support of a leadership vision. |
CPM 260 - Risk Management |
Learn the issues involved in the risk management process, including types of risk, manageable risk, loss control programs, selling the concept of risk management, control techniques, and insurance and liability in the public sector. |
CPM 261 - Grantsmanship |
Learn all the steps to locate and develop funding for your organization. Get expert advice on finding and approaching public and private sources of funding. |
CPM 265 - Records Management |
Discover what distinguishes a record, how to conduct a records inventory, and how to set up a records management program for your agency. Other topics include electronic records, retention scheduling and records law. |
CPM 267 - Managing Managerial Time and Stress |
Learn the relationship between time management and stress and how to develop your personal time management system to reduce your managerial stress. |
CPM 270 - Lean Six Sigma |
Learn the methodology that relies on a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing waste and reducing variation. |
CPM 271 - Budgeting/Financial Management |
Learn the forms and varieties of budgeting in public administration and specific opportunities for improvement in the public manager's budget. |
CPM 281 - Human Resource Management |
Learn the benefits and pitfalls of current HRD practices (such as employee assistance, wellness, training and education programs) and why every manager must be an HRD manager, as well. |
CPM 287 - Employee Relations |
Learn a variety of techniques to build a good relationship between management and labor, including successful methods shared by guest speakers from the employee relations field. |
CPM 297 - Keys to Coaching Employees |
Learn how coaching helps make a great manager and practice coaching skills that you can use every day at work. Explore the importance of body language, tone of voice and three levels of listening; practice open-ended questions, reflective responses, positive feedback, correcting statements and how to engage cooperation from your staff. |
Candidates for upcoming Colleague Groups must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for the Program:
To be considered for participation in a VI CPM Colleague Group, an applicant must be employed with a local or federal government agency, non-profit organization, or private sector business in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Preference is given to applicants with supervisory experience.
For more information or to apply, contact the US Virgin Islands Division of Personnel.
The Division of Personnel is open Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm.
Find registered members here:
2021-2022 St. Thomas Cohort Graduates
2021-2022 St. Croix Cohort Graduates
2019-2020 St. Croix Cohort Graduates
Marra R. Austrie, Vernita Bicette, Campbell Carter, Florence A. Clercent, Wanda Dowling, Denise L. Gomes, Victor Harry, Jr., Calicia Howell, Irving J. Julien, Rafael A. Llanos, Cathy A. Munro, Rellina Pelle, Emmanuella M. Perez-Cassius, Monique T. Samuel, Michelle Simon-Nicholas, Shenequa A. Turnbull
2019-2020 St. Thomas Cohort Graduates
Sharon Amey, Andrew R. Ayala, Chaneel Callwood-Daniels, Danielle Cranston, Ervin C. Dorsett, Grace Fahie Lindo, Yvette Henry, Khadila D. Joseph, Angela Lloyd-Campbell, Cheryl M. Mingo, Ayesha Morris, Shakenia O'Neal, Chanel Alencia Potter, Shawn V. Rawlins, Tara M. Rodriguez, Daria N. Scott, Sierra Singh, Patricia E. Sprauve, Eldine W. Sterling, Juel Turnbull, Celia Victor, Vilma G. Wallace, Marguerite Williams, Wendy Williams
2017-2018 St. Croix Cohort Graduates
Elouise Brown, Clifford Cuffy, Valarie Daniel, K'wanda Daniels, Judy David, RaShawna Davila, Rema Edwards, Lionel Farrington, Nadia Fearon, Esther Felix Donelly, Averil George, Janney Gerson, Beverly Hermon Beck, Carvell James, Michele Nico, Sanchia Percival-Hall, Gwen Steele, Sandra Tyson, Nicole Vidal, Jozette Cantois
2017-2018 St. Thomas Cohort Graduates
Rashawn Abraham, Emmanuline Archer, Erika Benjamin-Callwood, Cleveland Carbon, Shanika Charles, Averyl Fabian, Charlene Fahie, Jacquiel Fredericks, Dian Gréaux-Levons, Tiffany Grosvenor, Jamila Haynes, Jeniene Hobson, Eavey-Monique James, Julia Joseph-Simon, Mabel Maduro, Lindy Parsons, Sharon Stapleton, Diane Thompson, Michael Trotman, Kishauna Tweede, Carmen Vanterpool-Romney
Featured with our graduates from L-R: Dr. Haldane Davies (Director, Virgin Islands Certified Public Manager Program); Milton Potter (Director of Division of Personnel); Cheryl Robertson (Chair, National Certified Public Manager® Consortium); Dr. David Hall (President, University of the Virgin Islands); Dannica Thomas (Director, Institute for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (ILOE).
2015-2016 St. Croix Cohort Graduates
Florine Audain-Hassell, Natalie Bailey, Andrea E. Barreiro, Desiree Bennett-Felix, Tresa Civil, Selma Deterville-DaCosta, Laura M. Forbes, Keverine D. George, Sarah Naomi James, Shanavia Zethmar Martin, Debora Nieves-George, Valcina A. Quashie-Peters, Genevieve Whitaker, and Zelda M. Williams.
Featured with our graduates from L-R: Cherie Munchez (Director of Communications); Mary
C. DeLorenzo (Chair, National Certified Public Manager® Consortium); Dr. David Hall
(President, University of the Virgin Islands); Dr. Mary R. Hamilton (Vice-Chair, National
Certified Public Manager® Consortium); Avril A. George (Assistant Director, Division
of Personnel); and Dr. Haldane Davies (Director, Virgin Islands Certified Public Manager
Program).
2015-2016 St. Thomas Cohort Graduates
Trisha Baker-James, Josina E. Baly-Pole, Pamela V. Berkeley, Rochelle D. Benjamin, Felecia L. Blyden, Rosalie L. Connor, Debra J. Graulich, Kurell A. Hodge, Denise L. Johannes, Carla J. Joseph, James W. Kitson, Susan Laura Lugo, Lydia Marie Magras, Joanna Meyers-Rhymer, Peter P. Mitchell, Valena Veda Richards, and Carolyn A. Wattley.
Featured with our graduates from L-R: Merwin Potter (St. Thomas/Water Island Administrator);
(Assistant Director, Division of Personnel); Dr. Haldane Davies (Director, Virgin
Islands Certified Public Manager Program); Mary C. DeLorenzo (Chair, National Certified
Public Manager® Consortium); Avril A. George (Assistant Director, Division of Personnel); Dr.
Haldane Davies (Director, Virgin Islands Certified Public Manager Program).
2013-2014 St. Croix Cohort Graduates
Ninafe Awong, Carla Benjamin, Stephanie Berry, Joycelyn Browne, Esther Clifford, Norman Edwards, Charmaine Hewlett, Nathalie Hodge, Diane Jeffers, Paula Leung-Kressley, Lavern Marsh-Cole, Evril Powell, Diane Prosper, Rupert Ross, Pamela Sanes, Kathleen Simmonds, Yolande Straker Francis, Carnell Troutman, Wendy Wheeler, Karesa Wilson
2013-2014 St. Thomas Cohort Graduates
Naomi Bellot, Pamela Berkeley, Asiah Clendinen, Joycelyn J. Durant, Una Dyer, Janney Ferrol-Hawley, Je'Nelle Forbes, Leo Gardner, Jr., Kathleen Rene'-Grant, Margarita Greenidge-Benjamin, Shirma Henry, Phillis Hodge-Gumbs, Clacier Industrious, Elsie-Mae King, Masikia Lewis, Herman Lloyd, Nadine Marchena-Kean, Gritell Martinez, Josette Pascal-George, Ernie Pennyfeather, Cordell Rhymer, Jr., Gerda Sebastien, Renelle Stephens, Vincent Thomas
The dates for the sixth cohort are pending. For more information, please contact cpm@uvi.edu.
Center for Excellence in Leadership and Learning (CELL)
University of the Virgin Islands
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St. Thomas, V.I. 00802
(340) 693-1471 (O)
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