West Virginia Chapter

Who We Are

Chartered on November 10, 1979, the West Virginia Chapter of PRSA is in its 27th year of service to public relations professionals in West Virginia, continuing with the energy and enthusiasm that have built and sustained this chapter.

PRSA-WV Chapter is governed by a volunteer board of directors and managed by an executive director. The board is elected by the chapter membership and is responsible for setting the chapter’s direction each year. The officers for 2007 are:

President Tammy Wheeler
Dream Catcher, LLC
521 Slack Street
Charleston, WV  25301
Phone:  304.342.9904
E-mail:  tammy@dreamcc.com
President-Elect Buddy Davidson 
WV Department of Agriculture
1900 Kanawha Blvd., E.
Charleston, WV  25305
Phone:  304.558.3708
Fax:  304.558.3131
E-mail:  bdavidson@ag.state.wv.us
Treasurer George Manahan 
The Manahan Group
222 Capitol St Ste 400
Charleston, WV  25301
Phone:  304.343.2800
Fax:  304.343.2788
E-mail: gmanahan@manahangroup.com
Secretary Lisa Wharton Turner
Saint Joseph's Hospital
One Amalia Drive
Buckhannon, WV  26201
Phone:  304.473.2138
Fax: 304.473.2145
Email:  lturner@stj.net

Immediate Past President Todd Beane
Marketing Specialist 
WV State University
PO Box 1000 
403 Curtis Complex
Institute, WV 25112
Phone:  304.766.5197
Fax:  304.766.4296
E-mail: toddbeane@wvstateu.edu
 
Assembly Delegate Cathryn Harris, APR, Fellow PRSA
405 Rockholly Road
Charleston, WV  25314
Phone:  304.610.1217
Fax:  304.342.2197
E-mail:  cathairs405@aol.com
Directors
Robert P. Jones, APR (2008)
Jim C. Hamer Co.
P. O. Box 418
Kenova, WV  25530
Phone:  304.453.6381
Fax:  304.453.6587
E-mail: JonesRobjones49@aol.com
M. Sharon King (2009)
Charleston Civic Center
200 Civic Center Drive
Charleston, WV  25301
Phone:  304.345.1500
Fax:  304.345.3492
E-mail: sharon.king@cityofcharleston.org

Crystal Good (2010)
Covenant House
600 Shrewsbury Street
Charleston, WV  25301
Phone: 304.344.8053
E-mail:  cgood@wvcovenanthouse.org
Executive Director
Diane Slaughter, CAE, APR, Fellow PRSA
PRSA-WV Chapter
PO Box 13604
Charleston, WV 25360
Phone: 304.984.0308
Fax: 304.984.3718
E-mail: we.are.pr@prsawv.org
 

The chapter has been led by a number of outstanding professionals throughout its 27-year history:

President
Todd Beane
Bill Bissett
Brian Peterson
Bryan Brown
John Womack, CAE
John Golden, APR
Erika Bailey
Harry Mitchell
Virginia R. Painter
Dolores A. Kinder, APR
Randy Bobbitt, APR
Karen Mess Frashier, APR
Penney A. Hall, APR
Susan Akers Nelson, APR
Helen Matheny, APR
Karl Brack
Rae Lynn Cupp
Bonnie J. McCarthy, APR
Diane Slaughter, CAE, APR, Fellow
Joe B. Long, APR
Ann S. Green
Roberta P. Fowkles, APR
Benjamin J. Polis
Joe W. Gollehon, APR
Cathryn Gibbs Harris, APR, Fellow PRSA
Joel Curry
W. William Chaddock, APR
Year
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1997-1998
1996-1997
1995-1996
1994-1995
1993-1994
1992-1993
1991-1992
1990-1991
1989-1990
1988-1989
1987-1988
1986-1987
1985-1986
1984-1985
1983-1984
1982-1983
1981-1982
1979-1981
 
   

PRSA-West Virginia Chapter
PO Box 13604
Charleston, WV  25360
Phone:  304.984.0308
Fax:  304.984.3718
Email:  we.are.pr@prsawv.org

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