U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

West Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Ranjit K. Majumder, Chairperson Morgantown	Norman Lindell South Charleston
Ludmilla (Tina) B. Burns Shepherdstown	Donald L. Pitts** Beckley
Joan T. Hairston Logan	Marcia C. Pops Morgantown
Debra J. Hart Cross Lanes	Arthena L. Sewell Roper Charles Town
Gregory T. Hinton Fairmont	Nelson E. Staples* White Sulphur Springs
Jennifer Keadle Mason* Wheeling	Brian R. Swiger Cross Lanes
Samuel N. Kusic Wheeling	Patty Vandergrift Tompkins Charleston

* Appointed to the Committee in February 2002.
** No longer a member of the Advisory Committee.

Gregory Hinton served as chairperson during the planning and holding of the three community forums. Former member Donald Pitts served on the Advisory Committee during the early planning of the project.

Acknowledgments

The West Virginia Advisory Committee wishes to thank the staff of the Commission's Eastern Regional Office. The planning and holding of the community forum, and incorporation of affected agency review comments were conducted by Marc D. Pentino, civil rights analyst. The report was written by Catherine Sunshine, independent contractor. Ki-Taek Chun, director of the Eastern Regional Office, assisted during report development and writing stages and supervised the project. Dawn Sweet provided editorial services and prepared the report for publication. Dorothy Pearson-Canty and Furaha Raufu Bey provided production and distribution services.