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Board of Directors
| Katherine L. Dooley , Chair, Board of Directors |
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| Carole "Cookie" Glasser , Assistant Treasurer, Board of Directors |
Mrs. Carole Glasser is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. She earned a Master's degree in Social Work from West Virginia University. Upon graduation, she began her career in the former West Virginia Department of Welfare, recruiting long-term foster homes for children with special needs, establishing group sessions with adoptive and foster families by county, and implementing policies to allow interracial couples and single parents the opportunity to adopt children.
Glasser was called upon to work at a "special" school, which became known as Job Corps, a federal pilot project to help train at-risk children for employment. For five years she worked as a counselor and staff training coordinator before becoming the Director of the Charleston Center. She later became the Eastern
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Region Vice President of the Management and Training Corporation, the company that operates Job Corps.
Mrs. Glasser participated in several Annual Summits of the West Virginia Human Rights Commission. She also served as a panalist at the West Virginia University symposium on "Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Pluralism in Appalachia."
She served on the Steering Committee for the West VIrginia High Risk/High Need Youth Study, the Vice Presidential Task Force on National Youth Unemployment, and the Task Force on Equal Opportunity in Recruitment.
She participated in West Virginia's Kanawha County Dialogue, a program which began in 1976, bringing together individuals with diverse opinions for monthly public group discussions.
Now retired, Mrs. Glasser is a board member of the Kanawha County Public Library Foundation, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Schoenbaum Family Enrichment Center, the Children's Home Society of West Virginia and the Charleston Job Corps Community Relations Council. She is a member of Temple Israel.
Her husband is Martin Galsser, a partner with the law firm of Lewis, Galsser, Casey and Rollins. The Glassers are the parents of three children, Brian, Michael and Kristy. |
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David S. Pitchford, Immediate Past Chair
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| Serving his fourth year on the Board, David is a stock broker for the investment firm of Janney Montomery Scott, LLC.. David’s connection to the Society has spanned many years beginning in the 1930’s when his relatives first served on the Board. David, born 1962 in Wheeling was adopted through The Children’s Home Society when he was a couple of months old and has lived in Charleston ever since. David is married and has a daughter named Allison. He graduated from George Washington High School and The University of Charleston. David is currently the President of the John Adams Middle School PTO, President of Aquatics WV, Elder and member of various committees at First Presbyterian Church, Investment Committee Member at the Presbytery of
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| West Virginia, a member of the Athlectic Committee at West Virginia State University, Past Chairman of Read Aloud West Virginia and a current reader in Kanwha County Schools classrooms, Past President of the Kenna Elementary PTO, and a past-Board Member of The Huntington Y Charleston Aquatic Team (HYCAT). David is most proud of being a part of The Children’s Home Society and knows how the important work of the organization can have a real and dramatic impact on the lives of thousands of children and families across the state. He looks forward to working with the wonderful staff and board to further the over 100 year mission and objectives of the Society. |
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| Keith Burdette
Board Member |
Gaetano Michael Caparelli
Board Member
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Amelia Davis Courts
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| Robert "Bob" Foster
Board Member
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Dale E. Geiger
Secretary
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Letitia neese Chafin
2nd Vice Chair
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| Barbara N. Fish
Board Member |
Sheila Hamilton
Ass't. Secretary |
Virginia King
Board Member |
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| Jane K. McBride
Board Member |
Terry McDonald
Board Member |
Jack McVey
Board Member |
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| Sandra J. Morgan
Board Member |
Beverly Robinson
Board Member |
William E. Robinson
1st Vice Chair |
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| Brian Wadsworth
Treasurer |
Sarah M. Whittaker, PhD
Board Member |
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