People
Our Fellows and Administrative Staff
We work and live in different places with a common mission.
Jack Byrd, Jr.
President, Trustee, & Chair of the IDC
Morgantown, WV
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Dennis Boyer
Fellow Emeritus
Dodgeville, WI
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Adolf Gundersen
Fellow, Trustee, & IDC Member
Madison, WI
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Jennifer Erb
Office Manager
Parkersburg, WV
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Shannon Wheatley Hartman
Fellow, IDC Member, & Education Director
Haverford, PA
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Ieva Notturno
Fellow
Washington, DC
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Jeff Prudhomme
Fellow, VP, & IDC Member
Reston, VA
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Pete Shively
Fellow
Madison, WI
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Our Education Advisory Team
Lori Britt
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Harrisonburg, VA
Melanie Doherty
Professor of English
Macon, GA
Timothy Shaffer
Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Institute for Civic Discourse & Democracy
Manhattan, KS
Taiyi Sun
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Newport News, VA
Board of Trustees
Jack Byrd, Jr.
President, Trustee, & Chair of the IDC
Morgantown, WV
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Maia Comeau
Founder and CEO, Comeau&Company and Co-Founder, Keepers of the Commons
Carlisle, PA & Washington, DC
Adolf Gundersen
Fellow, Trustee, & IDC Member
Madison, WI
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Larry Jackley
President of BookSmarts, LLC
Pittsburgh, PA
Ronald Pearson
Judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, retired; and Chair of the Board of Trustees for the National Youth Science Foundation
Charleston, WV
Founder of the Interactivity Foundation
Julius (Jay) Stern (1913 – 2009)
Founder
Parkersburg, WV