Legal Aid of West Virginia (LAWV) announces the re-election of three members and the appointment of one new member to its Board of Directors in April 2018. Each board member will serve a three-year term. Attorneys Alyssa Sloan, Bob Baker, and Teresa McCune will rejoin the board alongside new citizen member, Hannah Kinder-Schuyler.
“We are thrilled to have three excellent board members seek re-election,” says Adrienne Worthy, Executive Director of LAWV. “The new energy Hannah will bring to the board, paired with the experience we have come to know from our three returning members, will undoubtedly strengthen Legal Aid.”
Alyssa Sloan, an attorney in the Martinsburg office of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC was originally elected in 2015 and will be serving a second term representing the Eastern Panhandle.
“I am excited to continue my role as a board member,” says Sloan. “The board is currently working to implement a very ambitious strategic plan so the organization can continue to provide excellent legal representation to West Virginians.”
Retired attorney Bob Baker was originally elected in 2015 and represents Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh and Summers counties. As a former staff attorney and past Director of a regional Legal Aid program consolidated in 2001 to form LAWV, Baker brings years of experience representing vulnerable West Virginians.
Teresa McCune is Chief Public Defender in Mingo County, and has served on LAWV’s board since 2006. McCune, who serves on the West Virginia State Bar Board of Governors and the State Fatality Review Task Force, among other local groups, provides unique insight on legal matters facing vulnerable West Virginians.
Hannah Kinder-Schuyler comes to LAWV as a student at Wheeling Jesuit University and will serve the Northern Panhandle region on the board. She was appointed by the Wheeling-based Sexual Assault Help Center.
“We look forward to Hannah’s activism, as well as her perspective as a representative of the Northern Panhandle and a college student,” says Worthy.
