Owner, Action Facilities Management by Rob Pichardo She’s a business woman, a basketball player, a mother, a green thumb and now Diana Lewis of Action Facilities Management is a West Virginia Young Gun. Beyond the tough job of providing security for the federal government stands a young woman, who, for over five years, has nurtured…
Horse Trainer, Mercer Springs Farm by Kensie Westerfield It is said that horse training is not a job, but a way of life. Your life revolves around horse shows, mares having babies and driving thousands of miles around the country with a trailer full of horses. It takes a special person—someone who is passionate about…
Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Commerce by Jennifer Nugent The first time Kelley Goes visited the state capitol in Charleston, she arrived in a new dress to be knighted a Lady of the Golden Horseshoe. “I was very excited. The Capitol was big and beautiful and my footsteps echoed when I walked.” If someone…
Member in Charge of Client Relations, Spilman Thomas and Battle, PLLC By Mallory Legg Although Eric Iskra is not a West Virginia native, his heart is now deeply entrenched in the Mountain State. When he was first invited to West Virginia for a call-back interview with law firm Spilman Thomas and Battle, he knew that…
Vice President of University Advancement, Mountain State University by Jeremy Jarrell Standing in front of her second-grade class in Beckley, Roslyn Artis proudly proclaimed that she wanted to be a lawyer. Not a common statement from a young girl in the early 1970s, but Artis would prove again and again that she could be anything…
Principal Project Architect, Designer, Silling Associates, Inc. By Jeremy Jarrell Life couldn’t be better for Jody Driggs if he designed it himself, and although he had a hand in his success, he must give credit where credit is due. “I’m here through God’s grace,” says the principal project architect and designer for Silling Associates, a…