*****For Immediate Use*****

Media Release

 

Contact:        Paul D. Daugherty, Executive Director, (304) 424-8340 (O)
DATE:  02/08/2005

                                                                                                           

 

New Board Members Appointed to WVU at Parkersburg Foundation Board

  

Six new members have been appointed to the WVU at Parkersburg Foundation Board of Directors.

 

“The WVU at Parkersburg Foundation is greatly honored to welcome our new board members who bring a variety of talents and backgrounds, ” said C. Randall Law, president of the Foundation’s board.  "We look forward to their leadership and involvement as the board works to increase our region’s charitable support of West Virginia University at Parkersburg."

 

Appointed to three-year terms, the new board members include:

 

• Mr. Mike Miller.  Miller is healthcare administrator of Ohio Valley Health Care in the Cedar Grove, WV community.  He is a graduate of Parkersburg Community College, now WVU at Parkersburg.  His community involvement includes serving on the Claywood Park Public Service Commission, a member of the West Virginia Health Care Association, and member of the American Health Care Association.  He resides in the Cedar Grove, WV area.

• Ms. Marilyn Pettit.  Pettit is co-owner of DaVinci’s Restaurant in Williamstown, WV and a Registered Nurse.  She is also a graduate of Parkersburg Community College, now WVU at Parkersburg.  She is involved as a member of the Parkersburg Woman’s Club, Toastmasters, and First Baptist Church Board of Trustees.  Pettit resides in Parkersburg, WV.

• Mr. Samuel B. “Tres” Ross, III.  Ross is internet development manager at Simonton Windows.  He is involved in the community by assisting SW Resources with technology matters, chair of the WVU at Parkersburg Foundation marketing workgroup, and guest lectures at West Virginia University’s Business and Economics Department in the MIS program.  Ross recently completed his Executive MBA through WVU on the campus of WVU at Parkersburg.  He resides in Parkersburg, WV.

• Mr. Roger Sheppard.  Sheppard is Station Manager and Vice President of WTAP-TV.  Sheppard’s community involvement includes serving on the board of the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley, past president of the Lincoln Elementary School PTA, and is the house drummer with the Smoot Theatre Big Band.  He resides in Parkersburg, WV.

• Mr. Randall Snider.  Snider is President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Bank.  Snider’s community involvement includes serving on the board of the Parkersburg YMCA, the board of the Parkersburg Area Roundtable, and is chairman of the Bankers’ Bank of Kentucky Board.  He resides in Parkersburg, WV. 

• Dr. Rusty “Joe” Weaver.  Dr. Weaver is an optometrist and owner of Vienna Eye Clinic.  Dr. Weaver serves on the Vienna Recreation Committee, the Jackson Park Board, and is a member of the American Optometric Association.  He resides in Vienna, WV.

Law added, “The foundation board serves an extremely important role in the present and future of WVU at Parkersburg.  The board guides the growth and success of the Foundation in working with the executive director to increase donor support. WVU at Parkersburg is the college that our community built and the Foundation serves to continue our community’s legacy of supporting public higher education in the Mid-Ohio Valley.”

 

Since the foundation’s creation in 1971, thousands of the Mid-Ohio Valley’s residents have benefited from the WVU at Parkersburg Foundation and its donors that allow for the college to continue its tradition of excellence in higher education. The Foundation annually provides thousands of dollars in scholarships for deserving students, grants for worthy faculty and staff, resources for improving the academic programs of WVU at Parkersburg, and serves as the permanent supporter of the college. 

 

The WVU at Parkersburg Foundation, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation managed by its local Board of Directors of community members, business leaders, and alumni that receives and administers private gifts from individuals and organizations for the benefit of WVU at Parkersburg.  For more information about the Foundation, you may call 304.424.8340.