Professor of Law, West Virginia University By Cathy Bonnstetter Joshua Weishart, a professor at West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law, places great value on education. He has spent the last seven years conducting research on educational rights and is now recognized as a subject expert. He aims to influence lawmakers when it comes to…
Access to Services Manager, Legal Aid of West Virginia By Blair Dowler Kate White’s path to becoming the access to services manager for Legal Aid of West Virginia (LAWV) was paved with her lifelong desire to help others. Born and raised in Elkins, WV, she enjoyed helping others solve problems. After earning her bachelor’s degree,…
Member, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC By Alicia Willard Melissa Settles Watkins has lived her entire life in West Virginia. With her family’s roots tracing all the way back to the earliest settlements of the Mountain State, helping her home and fellow West Virginians grow is her top priority. As a member at Steptoe & Johnson…
Chief Public Defender, Public Defender Corp. for the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit By Olivia Miller Teresa McCune, the chief public defender for the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit in Mingo County, WV, has had a lifelong love affair with small-town life. Her early childhood was spent in a West Virginia hollow, where she played in the creek by…
Head of Global Policy, Mylan By Kristen Uppercue A few months after being hired by Mylan, Marcie McClintic Coates was visiting with her husband’s grandmother when she proudly showed McClintic Coates that the cost of her blood pressure medication had just been cut by almost $75, thanks to a new generic version available on the…
Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP By Maggie Hatfield Jill Cranston Rice, partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, is the epitome of a mover and shaker. “I am naturally motivated, and I think I am a motivator,” she says. “I have a ton of energy, and I like to think it’s contagious.” These attributes, along with…