Board Composition
The Pendleton 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 Pendleton County Commissioner, who shall serve in a non-voting, advisory capacity. All members are appointed by the Pendleton County Commission, typically for a four-year term.
The specific composition of the Board is as follows:
- Scott Rightsell, Farmer and member of the Pendleton County Farm Bureau – Chairman
- Amy Batson, Farmer and Public Member – Vice Chair
- Laura Brown, Pendleton County Economic Development Authority – Treasurer
- Lois Carr, Farmer and member of the Potomac Valley Soil Conservation District
- Rick Wagoner, Farmer and Public Member
- Gary Swecker, Farmer and Public Member
- Roger Dahmer, Pendleton County Commissioner
Matt Monroe, Executive Director (non member) - Secretary
The composition of every farmland protection board is dictated by the Voluntary Farmland Protection Act at WV Code ¡ì8A-12-1(2004).