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Cecil H. Underwood was elected Governor of West Virginia in 1996 and took office in January 1997. He served six terms in the West Virginia House of Delegates (Tyler County, 1944-1954), the last four terms as minority leader. He was first elected governor of West Virginia in 1956 at age 34 and was the youngest governor in state history. Governor Underwood was president of Bethany College from 1972 to 1975 and was also a member of the visiting committee for the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. Governor Underwood is president of the National Association of State Councils on Vocational Education and has been president of the West Virginia State Council since 1987. He has taught school at both the high school and college levels and most recently served as an adjunct professor in political science at Marshall University in Huntington. In June 1997, Governor Underwood was elected chairman of the Southern Technology Council, a division of the Southern Growth Policies Board (SGPB). Governor Underwood also is chairman-elect of the SGPB and is scheduled to serve as chairman for 1998-99. Active in civic affairs, Governor Underwood has served as president of the Huntington Foundation and has been on the board of directors at both the state and national level of the American Cancer Society. He has been a member of the board of Appalachian Regional Health Care since 1973 and served as its chairman for three years.

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Stephen J. Yank is Project Manager at ICF Kaiser Consulting Group, providing services for the Neighborhood Networks Initiative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). His project goal is to increase access to health care information and services for residents of HUD-assisted properties nationwide. Mr. Yank has spent the past 18 years in the field of community development. He served two years in the Peace Corps in the Central African Republic on a UNICEF-sponsored community development project. He created the Building Industry Institute to provide training and job placement services to low-income men, women and youth in Maryland. He led leadership development activities for the National Coalition Building Institute and did community organizing in Maryland for the Industrial Areas Foundation.

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