October 6, 2006 -

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 The West Virginia Economic Development Council elected new officers and members to their Board at their Annual Meeting at the Bridgeport Conference Center, Bridgeport, WV, October 1-3, 2006.

 

President

Gary Walton

Putnam County Development Authority

Scott Depot, WV

 

Vice President

David Lieving

WV Development Office - Business and Industrial Division

Charleston, WV

 

Secretary/Treasurer

Diana Ludwig

Little Kanawha Area Development Corporation

Elizabeth, WV

 

Board Members

 

Region 2

Allyn Barker

Southern WV Community & Technical College

Mount Gay, WV

 

Region 4

Geary Weir

Webster County Economic Development Authority

Webster Springs, WV

 

Region 6

Don Reinke

Monongalia County Development Authority

Morgantown, WV

 

Region 8

Mallie Combs-Snider

Hardy County Rural Development Authority

Moorefield, WV

 

Region 10

Craig O’Leary

RED Partnership

Wheeling, WV

 

The West Virginia Economic Development Council was created for a unified program of economic development in West Virginia. WVEDC will promote activities that will retain and expand present business and industry and attract new business and industry to West Virginia. WVEDC is the only professional organization in the State with the sole function of promoting economic development.