Advancing the Profession and the Professional

Who We Are

Chartered on November 10, 1979, the West Virginia Chapter of PRSA is in its 30th 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 2011 are:

Officers
President Deborah S. Starks

Mountain State BCBS

P. O. Box 1353
Charleston, WV 25325
Phone: 304.347.7663
Fax: 340.347.7684
E-mail: debbie.starks@highmark.com

President-elect Jeri Matheney, APR
Appalachian Power

PO Box 1986

Charleston, WV  25327-1986

Phone:  304.348.4130
Fax: 304.348.4150
E-mail: jhmatheney@aep.com

Treasurer Amy Wentz Berner
Communities Putting Prevention to Work

350 Capitol St., Room 206
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304.558.6259
E-mail: amy.w.berner@wv.gov

Secretary Sara Payne Scarbro
Office of Senator Joe Manchin

Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304.417.0938
E-mail:sara_payne@manchin.senate.gov

Immediate Past President Lisa Wharton
Saint Joseph's Hospital
One Amalia Drive
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Phone: 304.473.2138
Fax: 304.473.2145
E-mail: lturner@stj.net


Assembly Delegate Joe W. Gollehon APR (2011)
TSG Consulting

118 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV  25301
Phone: 304.345.1161
E-mail: jgollehon@tsgsolution.com

 

 

Directors

Helen M. Matheny APR (2012)
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute

8 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, WV 26505
Phone: 304.293.6318
E-mail: hmatheny@brni.org


Laura Jordan (2013)

WV American Water Co.

Phone:  304.340.2089

E-mail:  laura.jordan@amwater.com

Stacy Deel (2014)
The Arnold Agency

117 Summers Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304.342.1200
E-mail:sdeel@arnoldagency.com

 

 
Executive Director
Diane Slaughter, CAE, APR, Fellow PRSA
PRSA-WV Chapter
P.O. 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 31-year history:

 

President Year

Lisa Wharton
George Manahan
Buddy Davidson
Tammy Harper
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 PRSA
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

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