Executive Committee
Adam Krason, Principal and Architect, ZMM Architects & Engineers – Board Chair
Dr. MaryLu Hutchins, Director of Fluency Project, Carnegie Mellon University Create Lab - Board Vice-Chair
DF Mock, Regional President-West Virginia Operations, United Bank - Board Treasurer
Toney Stroud, Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel, Marshall University - Board Secretary
Christina Brumley, Member, Jackson Kelly PLLC – Past Board Chair
Sammy Gray, Director of Government Affairs, Appalachian Power – Research and Outreach Committee Chair
James W. Thomas, Counsel, Retired – Development Committee Chair
Howard Seufer, Jr., Partner, Bowles Rice, LLP -- 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
Andy Feeney, President – West Virginia, AT&T, Member-at-Large
Board of Directors
Jessica Alsop, Associate General Counsel, WVU Health System
Michele Blatt, WV State Superintendent of Schools, West Virginia
Gat Caperton, President/CEO, Gat Creek
Jonell Carver, Manager-Gas Operations, Dominion Resources
Robert Dunlevy, Member, West Virginia Board of Education
Paula Flaherty, Research, Writing, and Evaluation Specialist, Self-Employed
Beth L. Hammers, Chief Executive Officer, Marshall Health, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Stephen Hastings, Attorney, Hendrickson & Long PLLC
Greg Hefner, Manager of Regional External Affairs, FirstEnergy
Sherrone Hornbuckle-Myers, General Counsel, Cabell County Schools
Carolyn Long, Campus President, WVU Institute of Technology - Member-at-Large
Erica Mani, Regional Chief Executive Officer West Virginia, American Red Cross
Trey Morrone, Attorney, Bowles-Rice, LLP
Amber Nichols, 2023 WV School Teacher of the Year
Bill Powell, Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson, PLC, Martinsburg, WV
David Rosier, President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc.
Michelle Rotellini, President/CEO, Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Judy Gemma-Sjostedt, Executive Director, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
Alys Smith, Co-Founder, Wing 2 Wing Foundation
Brett Staples, Senior Vice President/Financial Advisor, Truist – Past Chair
Erica Steratore, Assistant Vice President, WVU Innovation Corporation
Leah Summers, Morgantown, WV
Aaron Walker, President/COO, Appalachian Power
Emeritus Directors
The Honorable Gaston Caperton, Former Governor, State of West Virginia
Dr. 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
Jeri Matheney, Retired, Appalachian Power
Joseph McDonie, President, Citation Investment, Inc.
Lacy Rice Jr., Retired Executive, Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love
Sharon Rowe, SHR Consulting LLC
Herchiel Sims Jr., Retired Business Executive
Howard Seufer, Jr., Partner, Bowles Rice, LLP
James W. Thomas, Counsel, Retired
Joanne Jaeger Tomblin, Former First Lady, State of West Virginia