Michelle Raider

Michelle Raider

Artistic Director & Founder, River City Youth Ballet Ensemble Director, School of the River City Youth Ballet By Mallory Legg Michelle Raider knew what she wanted to do with her life when she was seven. “I figured it all out on my own,” she reminisces. Years of training and hard work have paid off: Raider…

Josh Baldwin

Josh Baldwin

Publisher, Greenbrier Valley Quarterly by Jeremy Jarrell If you add education, determination and good instincts together, you have Josh Baldwin. The 29-year-old publisher of Greenbrier Valley Quarterly knows that life is what you make of it, and he has taken his own set of creative, entrepreneurial and leadership skills to form a successful publication that…

Dan Earl

Dan Earl

Partner, Huddleston Bolen, LLP by Jennifer Nugent As a law student at Wake Forest University, Dan Earl had the opportunity to leave his home state of West Virginia and pursue a successful career in law in one of the other 49 states, but when the opportunity to return to his roots to practice law revealed…

Gretchen Callas

Gretchen Callas

Assistant Managing Member, Jackson Kelly, PLLC by Kensie Westerfield Gretchen Callas, a Morgantown native who grew up wanting to be a horse jockey, was romanced into the world of law after watching her husband embark on the challenging path of a young lawyer. “My husband was instrumental in my career path,” says Callas.  “He was…

Mark Games

Mark Games

Chief Operating Officer, Northwood Health Systems by Rob Pichardo In a business world filled with uncertainty and at times cruel intentions, there stands an individual who is the epitome of a kind leader; a person who wakes up every morning with a mission to make a difference. Mark Games is a genuine leader and embodies…

Jason Steorts

Jason Steorts

Partner, Steorts Homebuilders by Jeremy Jarrell Jason Steorts takes nothing for granted—not his family, not his employees and not his success. The homebuilding industry is a fickle beast, one likely to duck and plunge at the spurring of the larger national and state economic outlook. However, with solid determination, excellent craftsmanship and the ability to…