Jan M. Pattishall
Senior Vice President and Director of
Enterprise Services, WesBanco Bank, Inc.
“I BLOOM where I’m planted,” says Jan Pat-
tishall. “It is something my mother always said,
and I consider it all of the time. Life is full of sur-
prises, so the best thing we can all do is embrace
change and flourish.”
Pattishall’s career path has not exactly been
linear, but she believes she ended up in the right
place—as senior vice president and director of
enterprise services at WesBanco Bank, Inc. in
Wheeling, WV—by keeping her options open and
blooming wherever she was planted.
Pattishall’s first job was working concessions
at The 19th Street Theater, a single-screen art
film house in Allentown, PA, where she cleaned,
served popcorn and learned about the importance
of balancing priorities. Her career launched with
a position at RR Donnelley, a communications
company based in Chicago. Though she wasn’t
there long, the experience left an indelible mark
on her.
“At RR Donnelly, I learned about standing out
in a crowd,” she says. “It was a large organization
and I was very inexperienced, but I learned how
to grow my confidence and articulate my contri-
bution to the organization and those around me.
I will always remember this job because I felt so
young when working with other professionals.
In time I learned that age doesn’t have anything
to do with success but that confidence is the real
driving force.”
Throughout Pattishall’s career, one of her biggest
challenges—and successes—has been learning how
to balance work and life and how to take care of
herself so she can be a better asset to her employer.
“I have achieved a balance where I am the best
I can be for myself, my family and my career,” she
says. “I consider the three-legged stool analogy. If
you focus too much or too little on any of these
three pillars, the stool will topple. I spent the
early parts of my life focused only on my career,
and rather than watching it improve, I watched
all three suffer. I am not saying I have reached
some sort of balance that will never be tested, and
I constantly re-evaluate my priorities, but I have
fully grasped the importance of this balance and
will continue to work on it every day.”
That work-life balance is particularly beneficial
with Pattishall’s community service commitments.
As a 2016 graduate of the Leadership West Virginia
program, Pattishall developed a deep passion for
the Mountain State, and this year, she joined the
organization’s board of directors. She is also a
member of the West Virginia Farm Bureau and
a member and sponsor of the Dance Marathon
Alumni Interest Group. Pattishall invests time as a
fundraiser and event participant for the American
Heart Association and its Heart Walk and the
United Way and its Day of Caring. She also vol-
unteers with WesBanco’s Secret Santa program
at Elm Grove Elementary School.
“Community service is critical because it allows
me to become an active member of the commu-
nity I live in while providing assistance to those
who need it most,” she says. “I am truly blessed
that my company has a passion for community
service and enables employees to become involved.”
This fall, Pattishall joined the Junior League of
Wheeling as a provisional member. She believes
this organization will allow her to promote volun-
teerism and help develop the potential of women
in the area. “I am confident this new endeavor
will give me the opportunity to better serve the
community in which I now work and live in a
hands-on capacity,” she says.
Though Pattishall is not
a native West Virginian,
she has wasted no time in
making the Mountain State
her home. One of her biggest
struggles is living far away
from her family, and she
utilizes photography to share
her new home with them.
“My favorite West Virginia
activity is taking pictures of the
beauty the state has to offer,”
she says. “Every time my
husband and I travel around
the state, we have our cameras
in tow. I suppose I love taking
pictures because I can capture
the memory of these beau-
tiful places and share them
with my family and friends
who aren’t as familiar with
this great state.”
ALICIA ELKIN
TRACY TOLER
WWW.WVEXECUTIVE.COM
What is your
favorite…?
Cartoon
Character
Lego Batman
Book
“Atlas Shrugged”
Sports Team
Pittsburgh
Penguins
Your First Car:
A Plymouth Grand Voyager
mini-van called the Jan Van
The Most
Adventurous Thing
You’ve Done: Riding the
Hatfield McCoy Trail System
with my Leadership WV class
Pattishall takes in the view from the
Bavarian Inn’s Infinity 101 Pool Bar and
Restaurant in Shepherdstown, where
the cascading edge of the pool hangs
101 feet above the Potomac River.
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