West Virginia Executive Welcomes New Regional Director of Business Development

West Virginia Executive (WVE) magazine, the Mountain State’s premier statewide business publication, is proud to welcome Janis Nary as its new regional director of business development. A graduate of Marshall University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism focusing in public relations, Nary has 18 years of marketing, communications, client relations and business development experience. She…

From Turkmenistan with Love

Why would a young woman from Central Asia go through the trouble of learning English, getting a passport, saving her money, and traveling to a country more than 6,000 miles away to attend West Liberty University? Natasha Muhametzyanova, 22, is just one example of an international student that selected WLU for college. Her journey began…

KeyLogic Systems Names Former FBI Executive Reid as Vice President of National Security and CIO

KeyLogic Systems, Inc., a leading professional services and engineering firm, has named J. Kevin Reid as its new Vice President of National Security and Chief Information Officer (CIO). In his new role, Reid will lead KeyLogic’s National Security practice delivering innovative services and solutions that drive strategic information technology (IT) performance improvements to support the…

Marshall University Accounting Faculty Member Named Lewis College of Business Interim Dean

Robert “Bob” R. Simpson, an instructor of accounting at Marshall University, has been named interim dean of the university’s Lewis College of Business, effective July 1. Simpson replaces Dr. Haiyang Chen, who will return to a faculty position in the college’s Department of Finance and Economics. Dr. Gayle Ormiston, provost and senior vice president for…