1980
1985
1984 Began his career
as a store manager at
Ashland Oil, Inc.
1988 Received the
Texaco SOAR and Star
Challenge awards
1990
1995
1997 Named vice president
of Burlile Oil Company, Inc.
2000
2001 Named executive
director of the Lincoln
County Family Resource
Network
2005
2010
2015
2005 Named to the Citizens
Advisory Council for the
Governor’s Cabinet on
Children and Families and
board president of the
Southwestern Community
Action Council
2009 Named executive
director of the Lincoln
Economic Development
Authority
2015 Founded Leadership
Southern
2016 Joined the Goodwill
Industries of KYOWVA’s board
“I regularly work with younger
people in economic development
and support, challenge and
encourage them every opportunity
I get. I feel like I learn more from
them than they do from me.”
could serve the missions of nonprofit organizations, and the rest, as they say, is
history.
Stutler’s passion for helping nonprofit
organizations fulfill their mission reaches beyond his full-time position. He considers his role in founding Leadership
Southern, a multi-county leadership program focused on making Southern West
Virginia a better place to live and work
by teaming up with emerging leaders in
the area, one of his greatest accomplishments. He believes the organization has
created a great opportunity to change the
dialogue for the counties of southwestern
West Virginia.
In addition to his work with Leadership Southern, Stutler also works with a
number of state and local boards and is
always looking for where his specialized
skills can make an impact. He serves on
the board of directors for the West Virginia Economic Development Council,
and he is a member of the Corridor G
Regional Development Authority and
secretary of the Lincoln County Farmland Protection Board. In the past, he has
served as a member of former Governor
Joe Manchin’s Citizens Advisory Council
for the Governor’s Cabinet on Children
and Families, president of the Lincoln Economic Development Authority board of
directors, vice president of the Tri-River
Transit Authority board of directors and
a member of the National Crime Victims’
Rights and Starting Points Advisory committees. While serving as the executive
director of the Lincoln County Family
Resource Network, he was elected vice
president of the state Family Resource
Network Association.
Stutler currently sits on the board
of directors of Goodwill Industries of
KYOWVA, an organization whose many
programs are ones he strongly believes in.
In the past, he served as the managing director of the Lincoln County Community
Foundation and continues as an advisor to
the foundation’s fund, which will provide
a variety of Lincoln County groups and
projects with important funding. He has
served as a site supervisor and mentor for
two America’s Promise Fellows, coached
youth sports and for many years sat as the
board president of Southwestern Community Action Council, Inc.
Stutler also takes great pride in his role
as mentor. “Mentoring is where I get my
greatest joy now,” he says. “I regularly
work with younger people in economic
development and support, challenge and
encourage them every opportunity I get.
I feel like I learn more from them than
they do from me.”
Stutler’s love for West Virginia is clear
by his service and desire to create new
possibilities for his fellow West Virginians wherever possible. When deciding
which projects and causes to donate his
time and money to, Stutler chooses the
ones that speak to him and have a clear
impact. “Regardless of how much or little
we may have, there is a joy in giving back
that is like no other,” he says. “It really is
more of a blessing to give.”
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