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 2013 are:

Officers

President 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

President-elect 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

Treasurer Sara Payne Scarbro
Office of Senator Joe Manchin
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: 304.417.0938
E-mail:sara_payne@manchin.senate.gov

Secretary Andy Wessels
Sterling Communications
844 Carroll Road
Charleston, WV 25314
Phone: 304.590.3778
E-mail:awessels.sterling@gmail.com

Immediate Past President Debbie Starks

Assembly Delegate Joe Long APR (2014)
Lookout Public Relations

3 Bayfield Lane
Charleston, WV 25320
Phone: 304.984.2779
E-mail: lookoutpr@frontier.com

Directors

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
Brandon Totten (2015) AMFM, Inc. 240 Capitol St., Ste. 500 Charleston, WV 25301 Phone: 304.344.1623 E-mail:btotten@amfmwv.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 32-year history:

President

Year

Debirah S. Starks
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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1979-1981

UPCOMING EVENTS

06.19.2013

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