Marise James
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Marise James | |
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| Member of the Virgin Islands Legislature from the St. Croix District | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Genevieve Whitaker |
| Senior Policy Advisor | |
| In office February 2019 – November 2020 | |
| Governor | Albert Bryan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Anthony Paul |
| Children | 3 daughters, 2 stepsons |
| Parent(s) | Randall “Doc” James, Constance Espinosa |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
Marise Cecile James is a United States Virgin Islands politician, attorney and Senator representing Saint Croix in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, since 2023.[2]
James attended St. Mary's Catholic School and St. Joseph High School. After graduating from high school, James attended George Washington University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in zoology. James represented the United States Virgin Islands in the Miss Universe 1981, where she gained the attention of director of the Division of Tourism and Department of Commerce Leona Bryan, who hired her in the Tourism division. She has worked in emergency management, law, as a schoolteacher, and served in the Virgin Islands National Guard from 2004 to 2018, at one point working in Guantánamo Bay.[3] She worked as Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr.'s senior policy advisor from 2019 to 2020.[4]
