Our Team

Danielle (LaPresta) Parker
​Executive Director
Email: dlapresta@pawv.org
​Phone: 304-642-0693

Jamie Billman
​Preservation Manager
Email: jbillman@pawv.org
​Phone: 304-345-6005

Virginia Shimek
​Communications Coordinator
Email: vshimek@pawv.org

Sharon David
Preserve WV AmeriCorps Member: Hands-on Historic Trades
Email: americorps@pawv.org

Joni Morris
Preserve WV AmeriCorps Member: Cemetery Documentation & Preservation
Email: jmorris@pawv.org

PAWV Board of Directors

Governance of the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia is vested in a volunteer Board of Directors, who elect executive officers. 

Officers
​President: Cade Vogelsong, Charleston - The Viking Group
​Vice President: Logan Smith, Elkins - Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area
Treasurer:  Phyllis Baxter, Elkins - Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area
Secretary:  Vacancy

At-large Members
Michael Gioulis, Sutton - Historic Preservation Consultant
Paul Lindquist, Lewisburg
​Thomas C. Green, Clarksburg

Ex Officio Members
Susan Pierce, Charleston - West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office
​Jennifer Brennan, Charleston - West Virginia Main Street & On TRAC

District I
Ken Lindsay, Charleston - Five Stone Homeworks
Monica Miller, Charleston - M Miller Development Services
Christopher Rizer, Point Pleasant - Main Street Point Pleasant
William "Skip" Deegans, Lewisburg
David Sibray, ​Beckley - WV Explorer

 District II
​Betsy Sweeny, Wheeling - Wheeling Heritage
​Kirsten Reid, Wheeling
Jon Smith, Wheeling - Smith Family of Workshops​
Gregory Coble, Shepherdstown
Rodney Bahner, Morgantown

​Individuals interested in serving as a member of the Board of Directors must be a dues-paying member and should complete an application and return it to info@pawv.org. Learn how to become a dues-paying member here.

Download a .pdf of the application here.