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. Suzanne Strait
Associate Vice President for Research Development
1 John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
Phone: (304) 696-6231
Email: straitho@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
Prof. Jason Miller
Associate Professor
Byrd Science Center 309
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Phone: (304) 876-5070
Email: jmill02@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
