Staff & Board

Meet the Woodlands Development & Lending Team

Josh Nease

Executive Director, Mon Forest Towns Partnership

Josh lives and raises his family in the Mon and creatively approaches challenges of all types as he develops the concept and reality that is the Mon Forest Towns Partnership.

Dave Clark

Executive Director, WDG, WCL

Dave has directed Woodlands since 2008, was involved in establishing Woodlands Community Lenders, and taps the maple trees on his property each spring to make small batch maple syrup.

Phone: 304.404.2912

Sheri Haupt

Chief Financial Officer

Complicated accounting, expansive audits, and technical questions of all sorts keep Sheri in the office and out of the woods where she likes to go searching for photo opportunities.

McLain Saba

Deputy Director

With one foot in data strategy and lending objectives and the other firmly planted in mountain back country pursuits, McLain is perfectly positioned to drive meaningful, net-positive community impacts at Woodlands through implementation of sustainable practices that lead to long-term lending objectives.

Dustin Smith

Director of Project Development

Dustin manages housing and downtown development projects and technical assistance.

cell: 724.714.5437

Bryce Koukopoulos

Project Manager

It’s all Greek to Bryce, but luckily she speaks Greek, and so she’s been able to quickly pick up skills and jargon to keep development projects moving forward throughout our service area.

Phone: 304.404.2991

Sandy Bennett

Project Manager

Sandy puts her considerable expertise and experience to use guiding our building projects through to completion and running a dog rescue.

Phone: 304.404.2913

Cell: 304.642.3904

Karen Jacobson

Loan Fund Manager

Recently retired from directing the Randolph County Housing Authority for many years, Karen keeps boredom at bay by contributing her significant expertise to managing Woodlands Community Lenders loan funds and engaging in active outdoor pursuits.

phone: 304.404.3005

Katie Wolpert

Communications and Development

Katie wrangles words and images and is the Woodlands representative on the ground in Barbour County.

phone: 304.404.2991

Lena Huynh

Business Services Manager

Lena brings big business experience to our small business community from her home base in the West Virginia woods. Through small business advising and systems development for our Lending team, Lena helps ensure that our programs are creating the impact we hoped and that our communities need.

Robyn Brezinski

Golden Rule Museum Curator

Robyn creates something out of everything that was left behind — to create a museum of curiosities in the basement of the Golden Rule Building in Belington, WV.