Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine

Canon Rosalie Simmonds Ballentine is an attorney in private practice in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She is a former Solicitor General and former Attorney General of the Virgin Islands.

She is a cradle Episcopalian and has served The Episcopal Church on parish, diocesan, and Church-wide levels. She has served as a member of the Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons; as a member and Chair of the World Mission Committee on Executive Council; as Vice President of Province II, and as Chancellor of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands for more than 20 years. She also chaired the Task Force studying the Anglican Covenant and was a delegate to the Conference of the Americas. She currently serves as The Episcopal Church’s lay representative to the Anglican Consultative Council and is serving her second term on The Church Pension Fund Board of Trustees.

She received a DHL from Virginia Theological Seminary, a JD from New York University School of Law, and a BA from Augustana College.