Board of Governors

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.

	Gregory M. Allen Partner Disciplined Advisors Group Scottsdale, AZ Republican Appointed August 02, 2012 greg@whitechili.com		Lane Bailey VICE CHAIR CEO Advocom Group Arlington, VA Democrat Appointed February 5, 2007 lbailey@advocomgroup.com
	David A. Barnette MEMBER Jackson Kelly PLLC Charleston Republican Appointed October 18, 2011 dbarnette@jacksonkelly.com		Frank L. Blackwell CHAIR Superintendent Wyoming County Schools Mullens Democrat Appointed February 6, 2008  fblackwe@access.k12.wv.us
	Steven Collins Regional territory manager, eLab testing solutions Princeton Democrat Appointed September 23, 2009 tristatelabsales@hotmail.com		Robert "Doc" Foglesong President and Chief Executive Officer Appalachian Leadership Education Foundation Appointed September 4, 2009 Powell, Wyoming nineg@sbcglobal.net
	Elliot Hicks Partner Spilman Thomas & Battle Charleston Democrat Appointed September 23, 2009 ehicks@spilmanlaw.com		David Matchen FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE September 2011 – June 2012 Associate Professor of Geology dmatchen@concord.edu
	Brace Mullett SECRETARY General Counsel City Holding Company Cross Lanes, WV Republican Appointed December 28, 2008 brace.mullet@cityholding.com		Adam Pauley STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE September 2011 – June 2012 Business Administration Major Concentration in Accounting pauleya27@mycu.concord.edu
	Amy Pitzer CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE Editorial Assistant Concord University Elected July 1, 2005; Term Ending June 30, 2007 Elected July 1, 2007; Term Ending June 30, 2009 pitzer@concord.edu		M. Susan Rogers Hinton Democrat Appointed January 14, 2011 rtrmsr@suddenlink.net

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.

Go to http://www.legis.state.wv.us/  > WV Code > Chapter 18B HIGHER EDUCATION > WVC 18 B-2 A-1 for more information.  If this link does not work then conduct a search for "West Virginia Legislature." then look for Chapter 18B, Article 2A, Section 1.