Christopher Vaught

Christopher Vaught

President & CEO, Vaught, Inc. By Samantha Redd Christopher Vaught, though not likely to jump out of an airplane anytime soon, is a calculated risk taker. His most daring risk? Leaving a great job to embrace entrepreneurialism. In 2008, Vaught left his job at Summers County ARH Hospital, driven by his desire for the next…

Ryan Taylor

Ryan Taylor

President, Pickering Associates By Jennifer Jett Some might say Ryan Taylor’s project management career came naturally because construction runs in the family. Others might suggest the Legos he played with as a child introduced him to an empowering world of imagination where he could use his hands to create. Either way, Taylor has built his own…

Doug Skaff, Jr.

Doug Skaff, Jr.

Managing Partner, Building & Remodeling Warehouse; Vice President, Skaff Development Company; Member, West Virginia House of Delegates  By Marta Tankersley Bringing people together just might be what Doug Skaff does best. It all started when he became student body president at South Charleston High School and was taken under the wing of N. David Stern,…

Justin Seibert

Justin Seibert

President, Direct Online Marketing  By Samantha Redd Justin Seibert has come a long way since his youthful days of making tennis balls into fire balls with his friends. After growing up in Wheeling, WV, and graduating from Vanderbilt University, Seibert moved to Los Angeles where he met his wife. It was after the arrival of…

Lisa Montgomery

Lisa Montgomery

Delegated Program Manager, NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Software Assurance Research Program  By Jennifer Jett While Lisa Montgomery has never been a stranger to imagination, her childhood was not spent simply pretending. She was a doer. At the age of six, after reading a book about the exploration of King Tut’s tomb, she buried…

John Hussell, IV

John Hussell, IV

Managing Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP  By Samantha Ricketts  John Hussell strives to be the best at anything he does. That’s how he got to be the managing partner of Dinsmore & Shohl’s Charleston office. “I am motivated by my desire to be the best trust and estate lawyer in West Virginia,” Hussell says. “I…