[ contributors | summer 2016 ]
Dr. Rusty Kruzelock
Dr. Rusty Kruzelock is
the executive director and
CEO of the West Virginia
Regional Technology Park
Corporation. Kruzelock
has more than 25 years of
technology and business
development experience
in biotechnology, chemistry and advanced materials, including his previous roles as the director
of the Advanced Diagnostics Research Laboratories for the U.S. Air Force’s Office of the Surgeon General, advanced diagnostics team leader
for the Air Force Epidemic Outbreak Surveillance
Program and head of the pharmacogenomics department for the Cancer Therapy and Research
Center’s Institute for Drug Development.
Greg Mandt
Greg Mandt is the program manager for the
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series, or
GOES-R. During his 14year tenure as an officer in the U.S. Air Force,
Mandt held several management and executive
level positions, including acquisition manager of
the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
He is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College program management course,
and he holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering
mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy and
master’s degrees in systems and electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
Maggie Matsko
Maggie Matsko is the
marketing coordinator
for Auge+Gray+Drake
Collective Works, an advertising agency located in
Charleston, WV. Matsko
is a graduate of West Virginia University, where
she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees
in journalism. She serves as a board member for
Education Elevators and Goodwill Industries of
the Kanawha Valley, Inc. and is the communications committee chair for Generation Charleston.
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Robbie Morris
Robbie Morris is the executive director of the Randolph County Development Authority and West
Virginia Wood Technology Center. He has a bachelor’s degree and MBA
from West Virginia Wesleyan College and is a graduate of Leadership West
Virginia. Morris was appointed to the Broadband
Enhancement Council by Governor Earl Ray
Tomblin in 2016. He also serves on the boards of
several organizations, including West Virginians
for Better Transportation, Region VII Planning &
Development Council, West Virginia Economic
Development Council, West Virginia Hardwood
Alliance Zone and the Robert C. Byrd Corridor
H Highway Authority.
Dawn Nolan
Dawn Nolan is the public relations supervisor for
the Boyd County Public
Library in Ashland, KY.
She graduated from Marshall University in 2010
with bachelor’s degrees in
English and psychology. A
former Executive Ink, LLC intern, she has written for more than a dozen publications over the
course of her career. Nolan is a Huntington, WV,
native and currently resides in Flatwoods, KY.
Samer Petro
Samer Petro is the office manager and senior
structures project manager for Herbert, Rowland
& Grubic, Inc. A longtime Morgantown resident, he has more than
20 years of relevant transportation and project management experience,
ranging from location studies to the analysis of
alternative structures, highways and roadways.
Petro routinely follows each project through final
design, including the complete development of
plans and specifications to contract administration-phase and construction-phase services. He
is a licensed professional engineer in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania and holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering
from West Virginia University.
Katlin Swisher
Katlin Swisher is the communications specialist for
the Eberly College of Arts
and Sciences at West Virginia University (WVU).
Originally from Hurricane, WV, she graduated
as a summa cum laude
and university honors scholar with a bachelor’s
degree in journalism in 2012, and she earned a
master’s degree in higher education administration in 2014. She is currently pursuing a doctor
of education in higher education administration at WVU.
Tracy Toler
Tracy Toler scaled Seneca
Rocks at the age of 5 and
has been reaching new
heights ever since. Through
his business, Tracy A.
Toler Photography, he
has become a leading
pioneer, serving as creative
director and feature photographer for many of
the region’s largest magazines. Known among
his peers as Mr. McGyver, he can fix anything
with a bobby pin, rubber band or Swiss Army
knife. This comes in handy at home with his
two daughters. Toler may be reached by email at
[email protected].
Scott Zemerick
Scott Zemerick leads
TMC Technology’s commercial systems division
and brings 15 years of
commercial and government experience to TMC
and NASA. He graduated
magna cum laude from
West Virginia University’s College of Engineering and Mineral Resources with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and master’s degree
in electrical engineering. Prior to joining TMC,
Zemerick worked for NASA, GE Aircraft Engines and a commercial startup company focusing on sensor integration. His areas of expertise
include spacecraft and CubeSats, embedded systems, middleware, modeling and simulation and
unmanned vehicles.