By Kensie Hamilton The Young Guns honors program began in 1999 and has highlighted some wonderful West Virginians in that time. One of my favorite things about how we profile these impressive leaders is getting to take them on location for their photo shoots, and this year’s location was certainly our most adventurous. What began as…
President & CEO, Vaught, Inc. By Samantha Redd Christopher Vaught, though not likely to jump out of an airplane anytime soon, is a calculated risk taker. His most daring risk? Leaving a great job to embrace entrepreneurialism. In 2008, Vaught left his job at Summers County ARH Hospital, driven by his desire for the next…
President, Pickering Associates By Jennifer Jett Some might say Ryan Taylor’s project management career came naturally because construction runs in the family. Others might suggest the Legos he played with as a child introduced him to an empowering world of imagination where he could use his hands to create. Either way, Taylor has built his own…
Managing Partner, Building & Remodeling Warehouse; Vice President, Skaff Development Company; Member, West Virginia House of Delegates By Marta Tankersley Bringing people together just might be what Doug Skaff does best. It all started when he became student body president at South Charleston High School and was taken under the wing of N. David Stern,…
President, Direct Online Marketing By Samantha Redd Justin Seibert has come a long way since his youthful days of making tennis balls into fire balls with his friends. After growing up in Wheeling, WV, and graduating from Vanderbilt University, Seibert moved to Los Angeles where he met his wife. It was after the arrival of…
Delegated Program Manager, NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Software Assurance Research Program By Jennifer Jett While Lisa Montgomery has never been a stranger to imagination, her childhood was not spent simply pretending. She was a doer. At the age of six, after reading a book about the exploration of King Tut’s tomb, she buried…