Diana Lewis
Owner, Action Facilities Management by Rob Pichardo She’s a business woman, a basketball player, a mother, a green thumb and now Diana Lewis of Action Facilities Management is a West Virginia Young Gun. Beyond the tough job of providing security for the federal government stands a young woman, who, for over five years, has nurtured […]
Smith Lilly
Horse Trainer, Mercer Springs Farm by Kensie Westerfield It is said that horse training is not a job, but a way of life. Your life revolves around horse shows, mares having babies and driving thousands of miles around the country with a trailer full of horses. It takes a special person—someone who is passionate about […]
Kelley Goes
Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Commerce by Jennifer Nugent The first time Kelley Goes visited the state capitol in Charleston, she arrived in a new dress to be knighted a Lady of the Golden Horseshoe. “I was very excited. The Capitol was big and beautiful and my footsteps echoed when I walked.” If someone […]
Eric Iskra
Member in Charge of Client Relations, Spilman Thomas and Battle, PLLC By Mallory Legg Although Eric Iskra is not a West Virginia native, his heart is now deeply entrenched in the Mountain State. When he was first invited to West Virginia for a call-back interview with law firm Spilman Thomas and Battle, he knew that […]
Roslyn Artis
Vice President of University Advancement, Mountain State University by Jeremy Jarrell Standing in front of her second-grade class in Beckley, Roslyn Artis proudly proclaimed that she wanted to be a lawyer. Not a common statement from a young girl in the early 1970s, but Artis would prove again and again that she could be anything […]
Jody Driggs
Principal Project Architect, Designer, Silling Associates, Inc. By Jeremy Jarrell Life couldn’t be better for Jody Driggs if he designed it himself, and although he had a hand in his success, he must give credit where credit is due. “I’m here through God’s grace,” says the principal project architect and designer for Silling Associates, a […]
