Executive Committee
Christina Brumley, Member, Jackson Kelly PLLC – Board Chair
Adam Krason, Principal and Architect, ZMM Architects & Engineers – Board Vice Chair
DF Mock, Regional President-West Virginia Operations, United Bank - Board Treasurer
Laura Sutton, General Counsel, Jefferson County Schools/EPIC, - Board Secretary
Brett Staples, Senior Vice President/Financial Advisor, BB&T Scott & Stringfellow – 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
Mallie Combs, Executive Director, Hardy County Rural Economic Development Authority – Member-at-Large
MaryLu Hutchins, Director of Fluency Project, Carnegie Mellon University Create Lab - Member-at-Large
Dan Page, Adjunct Professor, West Virginia State University - Member-at-Large
Board of Directors
Jessica Alsop, Associate General Counsel, WVU Health System
Erin Anderson, 2021 WV Teacher of the Year, Tennerton Elmenetary School
Craig Baker, Partner/Architectural Division Manager, The Thrasher Group
Chris Beam, President/COO, Appalachian Power
Clayton Burch, State Superintendent of Schools, West Virginia Department of Education
Dana Burns, Vice President, Potesta & Associates
Gat Caperton, President/CEO, Gat Creek
Jonell Carver, Manager-Gas Operations, Dominion Resources
Andy Feeney, President – West Virginia, AT&T
Kevin Fowler, President/CEO, Cabell Huntington Hospital
Miller Hall, President, West Virginia Board of Education
Stephen Hastings, Attorney, Hendrickson & Long PLLC
Sherrone Hornbuckle, General Counsel, Cabell County Schools
Joseph Letnaunchyn, President/CEO, West Virginia Hospital Association
Carolyn Long, Campus President, WVU Institute of Technology
Erica Mani, Regional Chief Executive Officer West Virginia, American Red Cross
Srini Matam, President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV, Inc.
Todd Marino, Plant Director, Quad Graphics
Ryan Moore, HR Department Leader, Procter & Gamble
Jessie Reckert, Attorney-at-Law
James E. Shupe, President-South Market, United Bank
Judy Sjostedt, Executive Director, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
Jennifer Schwertfeger, West Virginia Teacher of the Year, Cameron High School
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