The MATRIC board of directors is made up of community, industry and higher education leaders from the region. The breadth of membership shows the dedication the local community has for the organization and its future success.
Chairman
Paul E. Arbogast
Ernst & Young, LLP
Charleston, WV
Treasurer
Stephen A. Kawash
Gibbons & Kawash, CPA
Charleston, WV
Secretary
William B. Goode
Vice President, Sales
Jacobs Financial Group, Inc.
Charleston, WV
President
Steven B. Hedrick
CEO, MATRIC
South Charleston, WV
Vice Chairman
Dr. George E. Keller, II
Chief Engineer, MATRIC
South Charleston, WV
Vice Chairman
Patrick A. Bond
Mountaineer Capital
Charleston, WV
Past Chair
Thomas E. Potter
Charleston, WV
Members
Charles M. Avampato
President
Clay Foundation
Charleston, WV
Matthew G. Ballard
President & CEO
Charleston Area Alliance
Charleston, WV
Clifton F. Dedrickson
West Virginia Operations Site Service Leader
Dow Chemical
So. Charleston, WV
Mark Dempsey
VP, External Affairs
American Electric Power
Charleston, WV
Kevin DiGregorio
Executive Director
Chemical Alliance Zone
South Charleston, WV
Tom Dover
Manager of Public Affairs
Bayer CropScience
Institute, WV
James L. Estep
President and CEO
West Virginia High Technology Consortium
Morgantown, WV
Joe W. Gollehan
President, Public Relations
Charles Ryan Associates
Charleston, WV
J. Rudy Henley
Partner
McCabe-Henley-Durbin, N.A.I.
Charleston, WV
Thomas A. Heywood
Managing Partner
Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, LLP
Charleston, WV
Dr. Paul Hill
EPSCoR
Charleston, WV 25301
Dr. Carl Irwin
Director, Industries of the Future
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Jeff James
Board President
Create WV
Charleston, WV
Dr. Stephen J. Kopp
President
Marshall University
Huntington, WV
Reid Maness
Communications Director
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, NC
Ron Potesta
President
Potesta & Associates
Charleston, WV
David Ramsey
President & CEO
CAMC Health Systems
Charleston, WV
Dr. P. Dwight Sherman
Retired
Union Carbide Corporation
Charleston, WV
John C. Stump
Member, Attorney
Steptoe & Johson
Charleston, WV
L. Newton Thomas, Jr.
Retired
Charleston, WV
Dr. Parvez H. Wadia
Chief Technical Officer
MATRIC
Charleston, WV
H. Bernard Wehrle
President
McJunkin Corporation
Charleston, WV
