{"id":25621,"date":"2023-07-12T17:34:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=25621"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:19:13","slug":"scarbro-named-director-of-expanding-marshall-advanced-manufacturing-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/scarbro-named-director-of-expanding-marshall-advanced-manufacturing-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarbro named director of expanding Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
Marshall University officials today announced the Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center (MAMC) \u2013 formerly the Robert C. Byrd Institute \u2013 has a new leader.<\/p>\n

Derek Scarbro, who has served as interim director since last year and previously deputy director and director of business development, assumed the position earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cDerek brings excellent insight, experience, and an impeccable skillset to the job,\u201d said H. Toney Stroud, Marshall\u2019s general counsel and chief of external affairs, \u201cHe has already been doing great work and I look forward to MAMC’s expanded impact under his leadership. MAMC is an indispensable economic asset for our region, and it’s in good hands with Derek at the helm.”<\/p>\n

Scarbro replaces longtime director Charlotte Weber, who now serves the university as vice president for government relations. Scarbro praised Weber\u2019s leadership and her dedication in building the former RCBI into a nationally recognized leader of entrepreneurial and manufacturing support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you consider the 26,500 people who received training from RCBI or the thousands of companies who improved their operations with RCBI\u2019s help, Charlotte\u2019s impact was profound,\u201d Scarbro said. \u201cI\u2019m honored to now follow in her footsteps and lead this amazing organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scarbro said the center is continuing to scale its services to help build a strong, resilient economy in the Mountain State.<\/p>\n

Brandon Dennison, Marshall\u2019s vice president of economic and workforce development, who oversees MAMC and other university units, said Scarbro\u2019s appointment is a great step in the creation of an outstanding group pf professionals.<\/p>\n

“President Brad Smith\u2019s vision to harness Marshall University’s collective innovation, knowledge, assets and leadership for the good of our region continues to crystalize,\u201d Dennison said. \u201cMAMC is a key piece of this team, and Derek will be a valuable leader of our collaborative effort.”<\/p>\n

Before joining RCBI in 2017, Scarbro served in the public sphere for his professional career. He worked in various West Virginia state government agencies such as the Governor\u2019s Office, Treasurer\u2019s Office, the Development Office, and led statewide nonprofit organizations. While in the Governor\u2019s Office he served as the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and was the gubernatorial appointee on the Interagency Workforce Development Taskforce.<\/p>\n

Scarbro grew up in Kanawha County and is a graduate of St. Albans High School. \u00a0He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree from Marshall University. He lives in Huntington with his wife, Sara Payne, and daughter, Willa.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marshall University officials today announced the Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center (MAMC) \u2013 formerly the Robert C. Byrd Institute \u2013 has a new leader. Derek Scarbro, who has served as interim director since last year and previously deputy director and director of business development, assumed the position earlier this month. \u201cDerek brings excellent insight, experience, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":25623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25621"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28435,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25621\/revisions\/28435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}