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
Keith A. Pauley
CEO, MATRIC
South Charleston, WV
Vice Chairman
Dr. George E. Keller, II
Chief Engineer, MATRIC
South Charleston, WV
Vice Chairman
Mark Dempsey
VP, External Affairs
American Electric Power
Charleston, WV
Assistant Treasurer
Jane Copley
CFO, MATRIC
South Charleston, WV
Past Chair
Thomas E. Potter
Charleston, WV
Members
Mike Agee
Retired
Charleston, WV
Charles M. Avampato
President
Clay Foundation
Charleston, WV
Dr. Hazo Carter, Jr.
President
West Virginia State University
Institute, WV
Clifton F. Dedrickson
Executive Director
WVU Charleston Research Campus
So. Charleston, WV
Tom Dover
Manager of Public Affairs
Bayer CropScience
Institute, WV
Dr. Betsy Dulin
Marshall University
South Charleston, 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
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
Jack Rossi
Member, CPA
Arnett & Foster
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
Dr. Edwin Welch
President
University of Charleston
Charleston, WV
