West Liberty University Foundation will meet today and welcome its new executive director Angela Zambito-Hill and new members, Anissa Monseau Anderson, Charles Annett, David Coffaro and Jeremy West.
Zambito-Hill replaced former Executive Director Christine Carder who retired on June 30.
“I am pleased to be selected as executive director and proud to serve West Liberty University for the second time in my professional career. We have much to do as we seek to strengthen our support of higher education in the Northern Panhandle. West Liberty University has been a statewide leader in education since 1837 and I’m excited to work with the Foundation Board as we advance the university’s mission,” said Zambito-Hill, who is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).
Prior to accepting the WLU Foundation position, Zambito-Hill served as advancement director at Corpus Christi School for one year. Before that, she served as executive director of development in WLU’s Department of Institutional Advancement, after joining the university in 2010 as development officer, then advancing to director of major gifts.
Before joining West Liberty University in 2010, she was director of development for Catholic Charities West Virginia of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. Early in her career, she worked in development at Oglebay Institute, Wheeling.
New board member Anissa Anderson is a 1993 and 1994 graduate of WLU, with degrees in dental hygiene. She then earned a master’s of orthodontics and a doctoral degree in dental surgery at West Virginia University, where she formerly served as a member of the faculty. She continues to lecture at state, national and international conferences.
She is the owner of Anderson Orthodontics in New Martinsville, where she resides with her husband Danny and three children, Alavia, Kayna and Jessa. Anderson also is the daughter of legendary wrestling coach Dr. Vince Monseau who coached the Hilltoppers from 1973 – 2004.
Alumnus Charles “Charlie” Annett grew up in Wheeling, earned a bachelor’s degree in history and psychology and was a member of the Hilltopper basketball team. After graduation, he spent three years in the United States Navy, one in Vietnam, and was awarded several service medals. Afterwards, he spent 20 years at Ryder Systems with successive promotions that led him to corporate headquarters in Miami, where he worked in their national marketing department.
In 1989, he was recruited by A&F Transportation Co. where he took advantage of an opportunity to buy the business. He focused the company’s efforts on final mile logistics for major big box retailers like Sears and Home Depot. In 2001, he renamed the company FSA Network Inc.
Most recently his company merged to become FSALogistix as it added more markets to its network. Annett was inducted into WLU’s Wall of Honor in 2013. Charlie and his wife Letty live in Weston, Fla., with their family.
West Liberty’s first NAIA track and field All-American Dave Coffaro helped lead the Hilltopper track team to three straight West Virginia Conference titles during the mid-1970s. A member of the Hilltopper Athletics Hall of Fame, Coffaro won the javelin event in three straight WVIAC Championship meets despite being self-taught. Coffaro also placed in the high jump and discus at the 1975 and 1976 WVIAC Championship meets to help extend the Hilltoppers title run.
A 2-time NAIA National qualifier, he is the only Hilltopper to ever score at the NAIA Nationals. His school-record effort of 222 feet, 4 inches was good for sixth place at the 1976 NAIA Nationals and has yet to be bested by a Hilltopper athlete.
After graduating from West Liberty in 1977, Coffaro continued to throw in Olympic Development meets and achieving a personal best of 260 feet, 9 inches. Now a successful business owner of Multimedia Training Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, he and his wife, Ann, are the parents of three adult children.
West is a 1999 graduate of WLU and earned a degree in business administration with a specialty in management. A resident of Wheeling, he is a vice president with WesBanco, Wheeling. West also is a KIVA lender and Federal Home Loan Bank Sponsor.
West began his career in banking with JP Morgan Chase, where he served from 2003 – 2006, before joining WesBanco. He is a founding member of OV Connect, serves on the Easter Seals Regatta Board, the Good Zoo Brew Committee and is a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, serving on its finance committee. He also serves on the Gary E. West College of Business Advisory Board.
The new members join a board led by Chairman Richard Lucas and including: E. Marc Abraham (treasurer), Glen Dale, W.Va.; Marty Adams, Salineville, Ohio; Bruce and Donna Berlage, McClain, Va.; Jason Blair, Arlington, Va.; John Bonassi, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Keely Camden, Wheeling; Clyde D. Campbell, Wheeling; David R. Croft, Wheeling; John Dolan, Indiana, Pa.; Russell Dunkin, Wheeling; Linda Edwards, Wellsburg, W.Va.; Lynne Exley, Wheeling; James Frum, Wheeling; Daniel I. Joseph DDS, Wheeling; Bob Kota, Wheeling; President Emeritus John P. McCullough, Triadelphia; Henry Marockie, Wheeling; Norman B. Moyes, Brighton, Mass.; Judith Bartell Paesani (secretary), Wheeling; E. Alex Paris, III, Atlasburg, Pa.; Greg Stewart, Wheeling; Cynthia Stickley, Powell, Ohio; Will Turani, Wheeling; Tom Tuttle, Wheeling; Gary West, Naples, Fla. and Kristina Williams (vice chair); Gibsonia, Pa. President Stephen Greiner serves as an ex officio member of the board.
The West Liberty University Foundation supports the University through the cultivation, investment and stewardship of private funds. For more information, please contact Zambito-Hill at angie.hill@westliberty.edu or 304-336-5635.
