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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 2010 are:

Officers
President George Manahan
The Manahan Group
222 Capitol Street, Suite 400
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304.343.2800
Fax: 304.343.2788
E-mail: gmanahan@manahangroup.com
President-elect Lisa Wharton Turner
Saint Joseph's Hospital
One Amalia Drive
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Phone: 304.473.2138
Fax: 304.473.2145
E-mail: lturner@stj.net
Treasurer 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@msbcbs.com

Secretary M. Sharon King
Charleston Civic Center
200 Civic Center Drive
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304.345.1500
Fax: 340.345.3492
E-mail: sharon.king@cityofcharleston.org

Immediate Past President

Buddy Davidson
WV Department of Agriculture
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304.558.3708
Fax: 304.558.3131
E-mail: bdavidson@ag.state.wv.us

Assembly Delegate Joe W. Gollehon APR (2011)
Charles Ryan Associates

300 Summers Street, Suite 1100
Charleston, WV  25301
Phone: 304.342.0161
E-mail: jgollehon@charlesryan.com

 

Directors

Crystal Good (2010)

Amy Wentz Berner (2011)
American Cancer Society

301 RHL Blvd, Ste 6
Charleston, WV 25309
Phone: 304.746.9950
Fax: 304.746.9962
E-mail: amy.wentz@cancer.org

Helen M. Matheny APR (2012)
WV Medical Foundation

PO Box 4106
Charleston, WV 25364
Phone: 304.925.0342
Fax: 304.925.0345
E-mail: helen@wvsma.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 29-year history:

President Year

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

2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
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1999
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1996-1997
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1982-1983
1981-1982
1979-1981

 

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