Board of Governors

Board Members

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As directed by West Virginia State Code, the Concord University Board of Governors includes 12 members total.  Of those 12, nine members are appointed by the Governor.  The other three are institutional members. 

The following are additional guidelines for board membership; the Board will include:

1. A full time member of the faculty (Faculty Representative) elected by popular vote of the full-time faculty,
2. A member of the student body (Student Representative) elected by popular vote in an at-large election,
3. A member from the institutional classified employees (Classified Staff Representative) elected by popular vote from members of the Classified Personnel Association,
4. No more than five lay members can be from the same political party, and
5. At least six of the lay members must be residents of the state.

The appointed lay citizen members serve terms of four years each and are eligible to succeed themselves for no more than one additional term.

The member representing classified employees serves for a term of two years. Each term begins on the first day of July. Members representing classified employees are eligible to succeed themselves for three additional terms, not to exceed a total of eight consecutive years.

Additional information related to the rules governing institutional boards.
or, go to http://www.legis.state.wv.us/  > WV Code > Chapter 18B HIGHER EDUCATION > WVC 18 B-2 A-1.  If links or directions do not work, conduct a search for “West Virginia Legislature,” then look for Chapter 18B, Article 2A, Section 1.

	Lane Bailey VICE CHAIR Managing Director/Southeast Region GolinHarris Washington, D.C. Democrat First Term:  June 30, 2011 lbailey@golinharris.com
	James M. Brown, Esq. Attorney at Law Brown Levicoff, PLLC Beckley (Raleigh Co.) Democrat Second Term:  June 30, 2007 jbrown1@brown-levicoff.com
	Eugene V. Fife Principal Vawter Capital, LLC Charlottesville, Va. Republican Second Term:  June 30, 2006 Gfife@vawcap.com
	J. Franklin Long, Esq. CHAIR Attorney at Law Law Offices of J. Franklin Long Bluefield (Mercer Co.) Democrat First Term:  June 30, 2005 joe@jfranklinlong.com
	Wayne Meisel President The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, Inc. Princeton, N.J. Independent First Term:  June 30, 2005 Wmeisel@Bonner.org
	Amy Pitzer CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE Editorial Assistant Concord University Second Term:  June 30, 2009 pitzer@concord.edu
	Travis Prince STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE July 2007 – June 2008 princet22@concord.edu
	R. T. "Ted" Rogers Owner R.T. Rogers Oil Company Hinton (Summers Co.) Democrat First Term:  June 30, 2004 rtrmsr@suddenlink.net
	Margaret Sayre SECRETARY Retired Beckley (Raleigh Co.) Republican Second Term:  June 30, 2007 mjsayre@charter.net
	Darla Wise FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE Associate Professor of Biology Concord University wised@concord.edu
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