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Charles Emanuel
Chair
Charles E. Emanuel, Jr. has over 11 years of combined leadership and legal experience. He is a former NFL football player for the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mr. Emanuel’s legal expertise is within the fields of personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice and commercial litigation.
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Bill Beynon
Vice Chair
Bill Beynon is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Capital Wealth Advisors and Vice Chairman & Partner of Fundamental Global.
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Casey Rentch
Secretary
Casey Rentch is a Managing Director in the investment bank at Wells Fargo Securities.
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Sarah Biller
Treasurer
Ms. Biller is very active in the FinTech community. She is an Entrepreneur, Advisor, Investor and teaches a graduate level course on the evolution of Financial Technology at Brandeis University. Ms. Biller studied Finance at West Virginia University and George Washington University.
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Steve Farmer
At-Large
Steve Farmer graduated from the WVU College of Law in 1984, where he was awarded the 1982 Baker Cup Moot Court Award. He is an attorney with Farmer Cline & Campbell, PLLC, where he focuses on trial work, including commercial, product liability and personal injury litigation.
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Sean Frisbee
President & CEO, WVU Alumni Association
Sean is a retired United States Air Force officer, entrepreneur, defense industry expert, and oil industry executive. He is the founder or co-founder of two Defense companies and currently serves as the President & CEO of the West Virginia University Alumni Association, Inc. and as the University’s Vice President of Alumni Relations.
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Dean Hartley
Past Chair
Dean Hartley is the managing partner of the Wheeling, West Virginia law firm – Hartley Law Group, PLLC. A graduate of the West Virginia University College of Law, Mr. Hartley is a trial attorney with thirty-six years’ experience successfully representing injured workers throughout the United States.
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Dianne Anderson
Member
Ms. Anderson, who resides in Cleveland, OH, is a seasoned and highly accomplished senior executive with more than 30-years of experience leading energy organizations both at a public corporation and in a research university.
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Greg Darby
Member
Darby earned an accounting degree from West Virginia University in 1980. The president and co-owner of the Little General Store, Inc. convenience store chain and Cramer Security and Investigations, he has grown the company from eight locations to more than 120, employing 1,500 people, across West Virginia.
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Darren Feeley
Member
A 1993 graduate from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Feeley is the CEO of GeoPay, Inc., a digital financial service company.
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Cassandra Henson
Member
Dr. Cassandra R. Henson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Interprofessional Health Studies, with Towson University. She currently teaches a myriad of courses including Healthcare Ethics and Law, Healthcare Financial Management and Healthcare Organization Management.
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James "Rocky" Gianola
Member
A 1978 accounting graduate from the Chambers College of Business and Economics and 1982 graduate of the College of Law, Gianola is president and managing director of Gianola Barnum Bechtel & Jecklin LC, where he specializes in commercial estate planning and business transactions.
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Terri Hornsby
Member
Ms. Hornsby, who resides in Richmond, Texas, founded TLC Adcentives LLC, a promotional services company in 1995. Under her leadership, the home- based business has grown into a full-service promotional firm with more than 75 percent of the clientele being Fortune 500 companies.
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Mike John
Member
Mike John is Founder, President and CEO of Northeast Natural Energy (NNE), a West Virginia based upstream natural gas company formed in 2009.
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Sharon Martin
Member
Sharon Martin is vice president for University Relations and Enrollment Management at West Virginia University. She oversees marketing and communications, brand experience, as well as recruitment and admissions.
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Christie McCartney
Member
Christie is a native of Huntington, West Virginia and graduated from the West Virginia University Honors Program in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in Interdepartmental Studies and a minor in Political Science. She earned her MBA from Rice University in 2004, and upon graduation worked as a consultant for Futurestep, a division of Korn Ferry.
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Morris Morrison
Member
Many people have already experienced Morris Morrison’s highly inspirational message on stage. Now it’s your turn. Get ready to experience the journey of one of America’s fastest-growing motivational speakers that took him from the bright lights of New York City, to a hospital parking lot where a doctor’s words changed Morris Morrison’s life - forever, after losing his parents in New York City.
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Todd Mount
Member
Todd A. Mount grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and attended WVU for both undergraduate studies and law school. He is a member of the law firm Shaffer & Shaffer, PLLC, where he primarily engages in insurance and business litigation throughout the state.
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Tracy Schoenadel
Member
Schoendael earned both a bachelor’s degree in 1987, and a master’s degree in 1989, from the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences.