Gerry Stover

Executive Vice President, West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians By Jean Hardiman When Gerry Stover served as the executive director of the Lincoln County Primary Care Center, he had his first chance to make a lasting impact on rural health care in West Virginia. A key goal was to transition the center from leasing its…

Gary O. Rankin

Professor, Chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences & Vice Dean for Basic Sciences, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine By Dawn Nolan As an original faculty member and now the chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and vice dean for Basic Sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of…

David L. Ramsey

President & CEO, Vandalia Health By Samantha Cart The greatest influence on David Ramsey’s professional success is simply this: he enjoys what he does. Ramsey’s career in health care administration has taken him across the country, and after moving to West Virginia in 2000 to serve as president and CEO of Charleston Area Medical Center…

Lisa King Leach

CEO,Southern West Virginia Health System By Ty McClung Everyone hopes their childhood dreams will come true. While for many it seems like just that, a dream, it’s reality for Lisa King Leach. After more than two decades in health care administration, she has lived out her childhood dream of helping people in her role as…

Leslie Lawson

Chief Operating Officer, WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals By Kenzie Dye WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals’ Chief Operating Officer Leslie Lawson completed her undergraduate degree in business administration, with a focus on finance, at Kansas State University. In her early career, Lawson pursued positions in finance but chose to step into the health care field in 2000,…

Jason Landers

President, Highmark Health Options West Virginia By Cathy Bonnstetter President of Highmark Health Options West Virginia, the state’s newest Medicaid managed care program, Jason Landers is a West Virginia native who says his success is a reflection of his environment. “I grew up on the eastern end of Kanawha County. In our state, you are…