COVID-19 – Special Edition – Rebecca R. McPhail

Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories.

For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we’re going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia businesses do – right now – to survive this current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic situation we’re all facing today?

When we first started this podcast project in 2017, we wanted to inspire people and equip people in West Virginia with examples of real-life entrepreneurs and businesses who built businesses in West Virginia.

So, this new urgent situation that we all find ourselves in –  falls right in line with our mission of Positively West Virginia.

Every weekday, we will be bringing you these business briefings to help business owners and business leaders – especially small businesses – practical ideas to use today.  Right now.

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Rebecca R. McPhail joined the WVMA as its president in 2013.

McPhail previously served at the President of state economic development organization Vision Shared.  Prior to her work at Vision Shared, McPhail was Assistant Vice President of Development at Marshall University. Before returning to West Virginia in 2003, she served as Grant Development and Research Manager and Interim Director of Development for the YMCA of Greater Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio.

McPhail is a graduate of the West Virginia Institute of Technology with a B.A. in History and Government.  She is a member of the WV Department of Environmental Protection Advisory Council, the WV Early Childhood Development Council, serves on the boards of the University of Charleston, West Virginia Symphony, and the YMCA of the Kanawha Valley. She is a graduate of Leadership West Virginia, was named the West Virginia University Institute of Technology Alumni of the year in 2019,  and recognized as 2017 Young Gun by The West Virginia Executive magazine.

McPhail resides in Charleston, WV with her husband David Yaussy, and two sons, Garrett and Owen.