Board of Directors
Board Members and their Affiliations
Bethany College

Dr. Lisa M. Reilly
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Goulding-Woolery Professor
Chair, Department of Physical and Computational Sciences
Bethany, WV 26032
Phone: 304.829.7244
Email: lreilly@bethanywv.edu
Bluefield State University

Dr. Ted A. Lewis
Provost & Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs
Bluefield State University
219 Rock Street, Bluefield, WV 24701
Phone: (304) 327-4161
Email: tlewis@bluefieldstate.edu
Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc.

Dr. Mina Samii
Executive Vice President of Aerospace
Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc.
Phone: (240) 401-3536
Email: msamii@columbususa.com
Community and Technical College System of West Virginia

Dr. Chris Treadway
Vice Chancellor
WV Council for Community & Technical College Education
1018 Kanawha Blvd., East, Suite 700
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 558-0265
Email: treadway@wvctcs.org
Fairmont State University

Dr. Steven Roof
Dean, College of Science & Technology
328 HHH / 302 ET
1201 Locust Avenue
Fairmont, West Virginia, 26554
Phone: (304) 367-4363
Glenville State University

Ms. Leslie Mason
Senior Director of Grants and Compliance
Suite 2-215 Heflin Administration Building
Glenville, WV 26351
Phone: (304) 462-6387
Email: Leslie.Mason@glenville.edu
Marshall University

Dr. John M. Maher
Vice President for Research
1 John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
Phone: (304) 696-4748
Email: maherj@marshall.edu
NASA IV&V Program

Ms. Joelle Spagnuolo-Loretta
NASA IV&V Office Lead
100 University Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone: (681) 753-5254
Green Bank Observatory

Dr. Karen O’Neil
Director, Green Bank Observatory
155 Observatory Rd
P.O. Box 2
Phone: (304) 456-2130
Email: koneil@nrao.edu
Polyhedron Learning Media, Inc.

Dr. Jeanne Finstein
President/Director of Development
105 Carmel Road
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: (304) 242-0341
Shepherd University

Dr. Reza Mirdamadi
Chair
Department of Computer Science, Mathematics & Engineering
Snyder Hall Room 225
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Phone: (304) 876-5368
Email: rmirdama@shepherd.edu
West Liberty University

Dr. Karen Kettler
Dean, College of Sciences
Professor of Biology
208 University Drive, College Union Box 144
West Liberty, WV 26074
Phone: (304) 336-8070
Email: kkettler@westliberty.edu
WV High Technology Foundation

Mr. James L. Estep
President & CEO
1000 Technology Drive, Suite 1000
Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone: (304) 333-6814
Email: jestep@wvhtf.org
West Virginia State University

Dr. Naveed Zaman
Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
101B Hamblin Hall
PO Box 1000
Institute, WV 25112
Phone: (304) 766-4248
Email: zamanna@wvstateu.edu
West Virginia University

Dr. Duncan Lorimer
Associate Dean for Research, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
White Hall, Room G61
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: (304) 293-4867
Email: duncan.lorimer@mail.wvu.edu
West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Dr. Tamara Floyd Smith
Dean, Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering and Sciences
WVU Institute of Technology
410 Neville Street
Beckley, West Virginia 25801
Phone: 304-929-1670
Email: tamara.smith1@mail.wvu.edu
Wheeling University

Dr. Neetika Sharma
Chair, Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering
316 Washington Avenue
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone: 304-243-2287
Email: nsharma@wju.edu
West Virginia Wesleyan College

Dr. Joseph Wiest
Professor of Physics & Engineering
Department of Physics and Engineering
122 Christopher Hall
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Phone: (304) 473-8062
Email: wiest@wvwc.edu
West Virginia University

Dr. Majid Jaridi
Director Emeritus
Professor Emeritus – Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
Email: Majid.Jaridi@mail.wvu.edu
