Community Partnership Board
As part of the CDC National PRC Network, the WVPRC brings academic researchers, community members, educators, and public health agencies together to collaborate on developing effective strategies to promote health and prevent disease.
The WVPRC first formed a Community Partnership Board (CPB) in 2000 with the intent of garnering broad representation from the communities we serve. The CPB meets on a quarterly basis with the meetings taking place at varying locations across the state.
The Community Partnership Board consists of a wide range of members that represent their community at from the local to the state-level. These board makes and effort to bring together individuals from a diverse cultural and geographic background within the state of West Virginia.
Below is a list of our current Community Partnership Board leadership and members and their affiliations.
Leadership
- Melody Osborne (Chair)
- Jessica Wright (Co-Chair)
- Darryl Cannady (Vice-Chair)
- Patti Crawford -CDC PRC Community Committee Representative
- Chuck Conner - CDC PRC Community Committee Representative
Members
Amanda McCarty - Assistant Professor, WVUIT
Anita Stewart - Fayette County Health Department
Barbara Holt - WVSOM
Cathryn Miller - Save The Children
Christine DeRienzo - Main Street Health
Idress Gooden - Community Member
James Kerrigan - Director, Division of Tobacco Prevention
James Patterson - President - Partnership of African American Churches
Jill Nolan - Faculty Concord University
Kathy Brunty - Coordinator, Partnerships for Success | Community Connections
Kayla Wright - Mountaineer Food Bank
Richard A. Wittberg - Washington County Health Commissioner, Marshall University
Sherry Kinder Director - RESET
Stephanie Moore - WV State Office of Rural Health
Tom McGraw - Assistant Professor, WVUIT