February 16, 2018 – West Virginia Executive Magazine

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West Virginia University Names First Gates Cambridge Scholar

Business NewsBy cyndee February 16, 2018 Leave a comment

When Dillon Muhly-Alexander became the first student from Doddridge County High School to be named a West Virginia University Foundation Scholar, it was because of the leadership and compassion he showed for others by creating a backpack program to supply food to at-risk children. As a WVU student, he took advantage of every opportunity to…

Governor Jim Justice Announces New Opportunity Zones Program

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Governor Jim Justice has announced the Opportunity Zones Program, a new community development program established by Congress as a result of Public Law 115-97, also known as the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Opportunity Zones Program gives each state’s Governor the authority to designate Opportunity Zones, or areas of populations that are…

Bricker’s Public Finance Practice Adds Two Partners

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Bricker & Eckler’s Public Finance team, known for developing innovative financing structures on behalf of public sector clients, recently announced the addition of one attorney and the promotion of another. Katie E. Johnson, who began her legal career with Bricker, has returned to the firm as a partner. Additionally, Robert F. McCarthy has been elected…

Exploring the Constellations of Creativity: Tamarack’s Emerging Artists Close Fellowship with Exhibit

Executive ExclusivesBy cyndee February 16, 2018 Leave a comment

By Anna Patrick Rosalie Haizlett was trying to have a cohesive show. A culmination of her yearlong Emerging Artist Fellowship through the Tamarack Foundation for the Arts, Haizlett began planning what her final exhibit would look like almost as soon as the fellowship’s curriculum framework was revealed. At the end of 2016, Haizlett, then a…