Our Team

• 
  Lesley Cottrell, PhD
  Program Director
• 
  Melina Danko
  Faculty
• 
  Kayla J Richard, MS
  Faculty
• 
  Amy Burt, MOT
  Faculty
• 
  Eric J Murphy, MA
  Faculty
• 
  Steven Slack
  Champion of Change Award/Founder Award recipient
  Faculty
• 
  Shannon Zimmerman, PhD
  Faculty
• 
  Lauren Weatherford
  Masters in Public Administration, Associate Professor, Family and Community Development (FCD) Extension Agent
  Faculty
• 
  Jennifer Musho
  Introduction to Technology
• 
  Taylor Grout OTD, OTR/L
• 
  Olivia Villeneuve Ph.D
  Student, Sociology

Advisory Board

• Roxanne Clay – WVABLE
• Allison Dagen, Ph.D. - Professor, College of Education and Human Services
• Marc Ellison, E.d.D. – Executive Director, Marshall University College Program for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Dan Long, Ph.D. – Director, WVU Accessibility Services
• Youyoun Moon, Ph.D. – Teaching Associate Professor or Horticulture, WVU
• Deana Morrow, Ph.D., LICSW, ACSW - School of Social Work Director and Professor
• Kristina Olson, MA – Associate Director of the School of Art and Design Professor
• Ann Richards, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Special Education
• Steve Roberts - WV Chamber of Commerce
• Claire St. Peter, Ph.D. – Professor & Area Coordinator, Behavior Analysis
• Matt Turner – WV Higher Education Policy Commission
• Lisa Verlinden - Administrative Associate, WVU Honors Office
• Terri Waldeck – Parent Educator
• Eric O’Hara - Interim Housing Director, Housing & Residence Life
• Lt. William Armstrong – WVU University Police Department Training Manager
• Joseph Cook – WVU Director of Admissions and Operations
• Joshua Imes – WVU University Registrar
• T. Anne Hawkins PhD - WVU Carruth Center Director
• Lt. Molly Linthicum - Morgantown Police Department

Admissions Committee

The Admissions Committee consists of individuals with an invested interest in the Country Roads Program on and off campus. The individuals that serve of this committee work tirelessly to evaluate students in order to select each cohort that comes through the program.

• Steve Slack - National Down Syndrome Society, Country Roads Instructor
• Tori Gilbert SLPD, CCC-SLP - Assistant Professor and Education Coordinator, Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED), Assistant Professor, Department of Disability Services (SOM)
• Lesley Cottrell PhD - Director, Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED)
• Melina Danko MS - Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing, Department of Disability Services (SOM), Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing / Principal Investigator, Family-to-Family, Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED), Country Roads Instructor
• Ryan McConnell - Assistant Director, Residence Life at West Virginia University
• Amy Burt EdD, MOT, OTR/L - Occupational Therapist and LEND Fellowship Training Specialist, Center for Excellence in Disabilities, Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED), Associate Professor, Department of Disability Services (SOM), Country Roads Instructor
• Kayla Richard MS – Country Roads Program Manager
• Brian Bollinger – WVU HUB Program Coordinator
• Maggie Von Dolteren - WVU ADA Coordinator
• Jarlyn Rohrbaugh PhD - Assistant Professor Department of Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Lt. William Armstrong – WVU University Police Department Training Manager