{"id":25629,"date":"2023-07-13T16:31:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T20:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=25629"},"modified":"2023-07-14T16:04:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:04:15","slug":"kathy-g-eddy-appointed-to-marshall-board-of-governors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/kathy-g-eddy-appointed-to-marshall-board-of-governors\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathy G. Eddy appointed to Marshall Board of Governors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Marshall alumna Kathy G. Eddy of Parkersburg to the Marshall University Board of Governors.<\/p>\n<p>Eddy, a 1972 Marshall graduate, is a Certified Public Accountant at McDonough, Eddy, Poling &amp; Baylous, A.C., an audit, accounting and financial services firm. She is also on the board of Harsco Corporation, where she sits on the compensation committee and the audit committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very grateful for the education that I received at Marshall University,\u201d Eddy said. \u201cIt has had a profound influence on my life. I am honored to be asked to work with President Smith and the board of governors to be a part of giving future students the opportunities that my Marshall University education provided me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Board of Governors Chairman Geoff Sheils said the members are thrilled to welcome Eddy to the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a national leader in the accounting profession who has a great passion for her alma mater, Kathy\u2019s business acumen combined with her extensive experience in higher education and health care make her a perfect addition,\u201d said Sheils. \u201cWe look forward to working alongside Kathy and know her service will truly enhance the university\u2019s ability to successfully navigate the ever-changing dynamics of higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marshall University President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/president\">Brad D. Smith<\/a> congratulated Eddy on her appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly pleased and honored to welcome Kathy to our board of governors,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHer superb financial skills, incredible talent and love of Marshall are a perfect combination to help drive the university forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She is expected to be officially sworn in at the next board meeting scheduled for Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Eddy replaces outgoing member Chris Miller who opted out of consideration for the position.<\/p>\n<p>Justice also reappointed BOG members Kipp Bodnar and Ginny T. Lee to terms ending June 30, 2027.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Marshall alumna Kathy G. Eddy of Parkersburg to the Marshall University Board of Governors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":25631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25629","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\/25629","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\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25634,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25629\/revisions\/25634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}