Executive Committee
Chair: Michele O’Connor, Senior Investment Manager, West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust
Vice Chair: Matt Harbaugh, Managing Director, Mountain State Capital
Treasurer: Kevin Highlander, Partner, Baker Tilly, LLP
Secretary: Kelley M. Goes, Member, Jackson Kelly PLLC
Kevin DiGregorio, Ph.D., Executive Director, Chemical Alliance Zone
Greg Henthorn, Executive Vice President, Flat Rock Energy
Mary Hunt, Founding Member, TechConnect West Virginia
Russ Lorince, Founding Member, TechConnect West Virginia
John Maher, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Marshall University; Executive Director, Marshall University Research Corporation
Bruce Mutter, Founder & CEO, Center for Applied Research & Technology
Tom Vorbach, Member, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Board Members
Matt Ballard, Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, WV Regional Technology Park
Arria Hines, President & CEO, Allegheny Science & Technology
Staci Miller, Director of Operations, WVU Industrial Extension/MEP
Virginia Painter, Senior Vice President for Communications and Marketing, Marshall University
John Ramsey, Vice President of Energy Programs, KeyLogic Systems
Scott Rotruck, Vice President, Vertx Partners, LLC
Derek Scarbro, Director, Appalachian Hatchery & Business Development at the Robert C. Byrd Institute at Marshall University
Jeffrey Tucker, Principal Systems Engineer, Leidos
Frank Vitale, President and CEO, Forge Business Solutions
Robert Wentz, Managing Partner, Stonewall Capital