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The State Fair of West Virginia is a 501 © 3 nonprofit corporation governed by a board of eleven.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(current as of March 2025, re-elected annually in March)

  • Chairman, Gary Trout
  • Vice Chairman, W. Jerry Cook
  • Secretary, Dr. Mary Ann Mann
  • Treasurer, Brad Tuckwiller
  • Dr. Jerry Clemons
  • Phoebe McGuire, Member-at-Large
  • Jo Long
  • Aaron Ambler
  • Kathryn Tuckwiller
  • Ralph ‘Chub’ Warren
  • Leslie Bicksler
  • Board/Chairman Emeritus, Dr. John Wilson
  • Board Emeritus, Gayle Mason McCroskey
  • Board Emeritus, Cliff Huffman

ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(current as of August 2025) As appointed by the Governor of the State of WV:

  • Governor (Ex Officio), Patrick Morrisey
  • Commissioner of Agriculture (Ex Officio), Kent Leonhardt
  • Secretary of Tourism, Chelsea Ruby
  • Mike Kidd
  • Kara Dense
  • Rebecca Harless
  • Conrad Lucas
  • Robert “Trey”Holland
  • Nathanael Mason
  • Mike Stentz

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