Executive Committee
Brett Staples, Senior Vice President/Financial Advisor, BB&T Scott & Stringfellow – Board Chair
Christina Brumley, Member, Jackson Kelly PLLC – Board Vice-Chair
Adam Krason, Principal and Architect, ZMM Architects & Engineers – Board Treasurer
Joseph Letnaunchyn, President/CEO, West Virginia Hospital Association – Board Secretary
Mallie Combs, Executive Director, Hardy County Rural Economic Development Authority – Past Chair
Sammy Gray, Senior Advisor-WV Government Affairs, FirstEnergy – Research and Outreach Committee Chair
James W. Thomas, Counsel, Jackson Kelly PLLC – Nominating and Governance Committee Chair
Dr. Amelia A. Courts, President/CEO, The Education Alliance
Jessie Reckart, Attorney-at-Law – Member-at-Large
Board of Directors
Jessica Alsop, Associate General Counsel, WVU Health System
Craig Baker, Partner/Architectural Division Manager, The Thrasher Group
Ralph Baxter, Advisor, Writer and Speaker on the Legal Profession
Chris Beam, President/COO, Appalachian Power
Gat Caperton, President/CEO, Gat Creek
Jonell Carver, Manager-Gas Operations, Dominion Resources
Leah Curry, President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc.
Dr. Michelle Easton, Dean-School of Pharmacy, University of Charleston
Andy Feeney, President – West Virginia, AT&T
Kevin Fowler, President/CEO, Cabell Huntington Hospital
Stephen Hastings, Senior Staff Attorney, EQT
MaryLu Hutchins, Director of Fluency Project, Carnegie Mellon University Create Lab
Carolyn Long, Campus President, WVU Institute of Technology
Erica Mani, Regional Chief Executive Officer West Virginia, American Red Cross
Todd Marino, Plant Director, Quad Graphics
DF Mock, Regional President-West Virginia Operations, United Bank
Ryan Moore, HR Department Leader, Procter & Gamble
Dan Page, Communications Director, West Virginia Health Care Association
Dr. Steven Paine, State Superintendent of Schools, West Virginia Department of Education
David A. Perry, President, West Virginia Board of Education
Jada Reeves, 2019 WV Teacher of the Year, Bradley Elementary School, Raleigh County
Scott Rotruck, Senior Account Executive, Orion Strategies, Inc.
James E. Shupe, President-South Market, United Bank
Judy Sjostedt, Executive Director, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
Laura Sutton, Attorney-at-Law, Bowles Rice LLP
Michelle Wittekind, Vice President/Area Manager, JPMorgan Chase
Emeritus Directors
The Honorable Gaston Caperton, Former Governor, State of West Virginia
Daniel Foster, M.D., Retired, Charleston Area Medical Center
Stephen Hopta, Retired Executive
Despina “Dee” Kapourales, Owner, Kapourales Enterprises
Dr. Priscilla Leavitt, Director, Counseling & Wellness Center
Gayle Manchin, Former First Lady, State of West Virginia
Jeri Matheney, Communications Director, Appalachian Power
Joseph McDonie, President, Citation Investment, Inc.
Lacy Rice Jr., Retired Executive, Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love
Sharon Rowe, SHR Consulting LLC
Howard Seufer, Jr., Partner, Bowles Rice LLP
Herchiel Sims Jr., Retired Business Executive
L. Newton Thomas, Jr., Retired Executive, Carbon Industries, Inc.
Joanne Jaeger Tomblin, Former First Lady, State of West Virginia