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Heywood to chair Southern WV CTC Board of Governors

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Thomas A. Heywood, an attorney with Bowles Rice McDavid Graff and Love of Charleston, was elected chair of the Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Board of Governors on June 19. Wilma J. Zigmond, superintendent of Logan County schools, was elected vice chair and Logan businessman Glenn T. Yost, was elected secretary.

Heywood replaces Terry R. Sammons of Gilbert as chair. Heyood had been vice chair, and Zigmond had been secretary. Sammons will remain on the board.

The CTC board has 12 members. Nine are citizen members appointed by the governor, and three are institutional members elected by the constituent groups they represent ─ faculty, classified staff and student body.

In addition to Heywood, Zigmond, and Yost, citizen members appointed by the governor include Linda Q. Akers, Kevin Fowler, Shelly Huffman, Jada Hunter, George Kostas and Sammons. Institutional members are George Morrison (faculty representative), Debbie Dingess (classified staff representative) and Eileen Aranas (student representative).

Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College operates four campuses and one site in Boone, Logan, Lincoln, Mingo and Wyoming counties.