Ray Fonseca (born March 10, 1959) is a United States Virgin Islands politician and senator serving in the
Legislature of the Virgin Islands from the St. Thomas-St. John District, since 2023.
Early life and education
Fonseca was born in the Savan neighborhood of
Charlotte Amalie. The son of David Fonseca from
Dominican Republic and Linelle Bodman-Williams Fonseca from
Tortola. Fonseca grew up in the Bovoni community on St. Thomas. A product of the territory’s public system, he graduated from the
Ivanna Eudora Kean High School in 1976. Fonseca received his BA degree in Hotel Management and Accounting at
Florida State University
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in 1980. He later went on to the
University of the Virgin Islands, where he obtained a master’s degree in Business Administration in 1987.
Career
In 1985, Fonseca began working for the Virgin Islands Housing Authority as an Assistant Accounting Supervisor. He was promoted to the position of
CEO
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at the housing agency. Fonseca then transitioned to Department of Health and became a Chief of Staff to the Commissioner.
References
1959 births
21st-century American legislators
Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands politicians
Living people
Senators of the Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands
Florida State University alumni
University of the Virgin Islands alumni
People from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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