Community, Business Leaders Remember Alda Monsanto

The government, business and nonprofit leaders in the Virgin Islands are expressing condolences at the passing of Alda Monsanto. The former director of the Virgin Islands Housing Authority died in Florida Jan. 7.

Monsanto leaves behind a decades-long record of service to the people of the Virgin Islands as a public housing executive, a labor negotiator, and the founding board chair of the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. For more than 60 years, she shared her life with the late Austin “Babe” Monsanto — also a dedicated public and civic servant.

Those who remembered her call Alda Monsanto a trusted adviser, a beloved family member and a plainspoken confidant of those working to benefit the community. “Alda Monsanto’s legacy of selfless service, philanthropy, and unwavering dedication to her community will forever be remembered,” said Community Foundation President Dee Baecher Brown.