If you are an engaged community member, storyteller or documentarian or all-around rabble rouser, small business owner, nonprofit administrator, service group member or everyday philanthropist, young or old, vocal or behind the scenes, please take a seat at the table.
We’re looking for the West Virginians who see or want to see a new way, and who are willing to take at least one step in getting there.
To share their stories at the event, we’re calling together the innovators and the people who are in the trenches, representing a wide variety of vocations from education and economic development to podcasting and farming.
We’ll have panels, roundtables, and gatherings of as many people working to rewrite what West Virginia can be and is as we can fit into the space. Join us as a leader, a listener, a presenter, and an exhibitor – be part of the teaching and part of the learning. Be part of the New Story of our state.
Featuring
Adam Pauley, Clear Fork River Trail
Alisa Bailey, Charleston CVB
Annie Stroud, Sprouting Farms
Ben Berry, Mountain Craft Productions
Ben Gilmer, Refresh Appalachia
Betty Jones, McDowell County CVB
Boss Babes WV
Brad McElhinney, WV Metro News
Brandon Nida, Cooperation Central Appalachia
Carrie White, WVU Innovation Lab
Charlie Bowen, Marshall University
Dave McCutcheon, PATCH 21
Dawn Miller, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Deb Workman, Bridgeport Farmers Market
Diana Mazzella and Raymond Thompson Jr, Sparked Podcast
Douglas Imbrogno
Emily Hilliard, WV Folklife Program
Eric Dixon, Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center
Hilary Kinney, Holler Podcast
Jason Young, The Vintage Theatre Company
Jeanie Harrison, Gro Huntington
Jennifer Gardner, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Jenny Anderson, Our Children Our Future
Jina Belcher, Coalfield Development Corporation
Josh Baldwin, Black Lantern Productions
Justin Liston, Mountain Craft Productions
Kara Dense, Greenbrier County CVB
Katey Lauer, Mine Wars Museum
Kendall Perkinson, Mared & Karen: The WVU Co-Ed Murders Podcast
Kristian Thacker
Lacy Davidson, Wayne County Farmers Co-Op
Lori McKinney, Create Your State
Mandy Curry, Business Uplifted Podcast
Natalie Roper, Generation WV
Nathan Hall, Reclaim Appalachia
Sandy York, The Parthenon Podcast
Sara Arnold, Clutch MOV
The STAY Project
Welch Elementary Community School Project Putt Putt
Wilma Steele, Mine Wars Museum
Wheelie Good Food Cart
WV Coding Club
This is an ever-growing list – we will continue to add as more speakers and presenters are confirmed…
Ready to join us? Register now »
