Board Composition

The Grant County Farmland Protection Board is composed of seven members, each serving without compensation. All members are required to be county residents. Each member is a voting member, except for the Grant County Commissioner, who shall serve in a non-voting, advisory capacity. All members are appointed by the Grant County Commission, typically for a four-year term.

The specific composition of the Board is as follows:

• Will Taylor, Farmer and Public Member – GCFPB Chairman
• Bryer Keplinger, Farmer and Public Member – GCFPB Vice Chair
• Mark Hedrick, Farmer and Public Member - GCFPB Treasurer
• Laura Brown, Director, Grant County Development Authority
• Kevin Hagerty, Grant County Commissioner
• Gerald Sites, Farmer and member of the Potomac Valley Soil Conservation District
• Kim Getz, Farmer and Public Member
• Matt Monroe, Executive Director, Non-Member, GCFPB Secretary

The composition of every farmland protection board is dictated by the Voluntary Farmland Protection Act at WV Code ¡ì8A-12-1(2004).