2012 Leadership and Committees
WIN membership meetings are structured to provide members with information and training on relevant issues that serve to improve WIN's work to increase immunization rates for all West Virginians. The topics for each training event are also developed to help improve other public and community health initiatives with which WIN members are involved.
The majority of WIN's work occurs in committee meetings. Each WIN member is encouraged to actively participate in WIN committees to develop strategies and advance WIN'S mission to improve immunization rates in West Virginia.
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Coalition Co-Chairs |
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 Sissy Price Braxton County Health Department |
Sissy Price is the Director of Nursing at the Braxton County Health Department, in Sutton, WV. She has been proudly serving Braxton as the county public health nurse for five years. The Braxton County Health Department first became involved in TYBS two years ago when they were awarded funding in phase two of Take Your Best Shot. Sissy received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Alderson-Broaddus in 2000. She developed her sense of community during enlistment in the Navy during Desert Storm –Desert Shield & while in the WV National Guards. Her passion for immunization struck at an early age because her favorite uncle was affected by polio as a child. She lives in Braxton with her husband & their two children, Tyler & Faith. |
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 Judy Koehler Rainelle Medical Center |
Judy Koehler is the Director of School-Based Health Services at Rainelle Medical Center and has been since 2005 and an employee of RMC since 1999 previously holding the position of Coordinator for the WV Rural Health Education Partnerships. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership from Mountain State University in 2008 graduating Summa Cum Laude. She is currently a member of the WVSHBA Communications Team, the local governing board of Fayette/Greenbrier Health Science Technology Academy (HSTA), the Health Committee for the United Way of the Greenbrier Valley and she is chair of the Greenbrier West High School Local School Improvement Council (LSIC). Judy and her School-Based Health team were recognized as Champions for Children in 2008 by the Child & Youth Advocacy Center of Greenbrier County. Rainelle Medical Center became a part of WIN during Phase III of Take Your Best Shot campaign in March 2010. |
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Education Committee Co-Chairs |
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 AnnaMarie French GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines |
AnnaMarie French, BS is the Senior Executive Account Manager for the state of WV for GlaxoSmithKline vaccines where she has been employed since 2004. Prior to GSK she worked for Wyeth Vaccines where her love and passion for the immunization world started. She has been involved with WIN since 2002. AnnaMarie graduated from Marshall University with a bachelors degree in Exercise Science and a minor in Business and is a wife and the proud mother of son Logan and baby girl Avery. |
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 Kevin Farrell Sanofi Pasteur |
Kevin Farrell has been in the medical industry for the past 20 years working in the specialties of nuclear medicine (Reginal Sales Manager), diagnostics (National Sales Manager and most recently in the field of immunizations, where he has over 13 years of experience. He is a Deputy Director of Public Health for Sanofi Pasteur and in this role, works with the states of Ohio and West Virginia on their VFC programs and education initiatives. Kevin worked with both Ohio and West Virginia to introduce the "June Teen Immuniztion Month " concept. Both, Governors of Ohio and West Virginia, have proclaimed June as Teen Immunization Month. In 2009, over 70 Ohio County and City Health Departments also formally designated June as Teen Immunization Month. Kevin works with Ohio AAP, Ohio AFP, Ohio Association of School Nurses, WV Association of School Nurses and ASHA in order to develop programs that promote immunizations. Kevin is also developing an adolescent immunization education initiative in collaboration with the Ohio High School Athletic Association that will work to reach over 400,000 Ohio adolescent athletes on the importance of getting immunized. He is an appointee to the State of Ohio Influenza Committee and is an active member of the following immuniztion coalitions: Consortium for Healthy Immunized Children, Adult Immuniztion Coalition of Central Ohio, Immunization Coalition of Summit County, Greater Cincinnati Immunization Coalition, West Virginia Immunization Network, Ohio Immunization Partners for Healthy Adults and The Greater Cincinnati Flu Collaborative. Kevin received his undergraduate degree from Clevland State University and Masters Degree from John Carroll University. |
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Advocacy Committee Co-Chairs |
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 Brenda Isaac Kanawha County Schools |
Brenda C. Isaac has worked as a certified school nurse for the past 25 years, the last 15 as Lead School Nurse for Kanawha County Schools. In this position, she manages a comprehensive school health program for 72 schools and 28,000 students and supervises 34 school nurses. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the University of Virginia and a Master’s in Counseling from West Virginia Graduate College (now Marshall University Graduate College).
In addition to serving as the co-chairperson of WIN’s Advocacy Committee, Brenda is currently the President of the Kanawha Charleston Board of Health. She also holds positions on the Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Improvement, the Kanawha Dental Health Council, the Highland Hospital Board and has recently been appointed to the Kanawha County 911 Board. As a past member of the West Virginia Center for Rural Health Development, Brenda has been named a Director Emeritus. |
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Kim Estep, MS, MBA is employed by the Robert C. Byrd Clinic in Lewisburg, WV where she serves as the Director of Marketing. The Robert C. Byrd clinic (RCBC) is located on the campus of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and serves as the WVSOM's faculty practice. RCBC was recently selected as aTake Your Best Shot: Adolescent Immunization Project Phase 5 Lead Agency and a Phase 2 Adult Immunziation Project grantee. Ms. Estep previously held the position of Regional Chief of Operations for Lincoln Primary Care Center in Hamlin, WV. Kim also served as the WIN Co-Chair from 2008-2010. She received her Master's and Bachelor's degrees from the Marshall University in Exercise Science and received her Master's in Business Administration, also from Marshall. | |
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At-Large Steering Committee Members |
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Courtney Kovach Lincoln Primary Care Center |
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Jarrod Chittum Novartis Vaccines |
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Ex-Officio |
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 Jeff Neccuzi Director, West Virginia Immunization Program |
Jeff Neccuzi is the Program Manager for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources/Bureau for Public Health - Immunization Program. Jeff has been working in the Immunization Program for the past 15 years. Jeff works closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with many other state health departments.
Jeff was the state’s first Vaccines for Children (VFC) Coordinator at its inception in October of 2004. West Virginia was among only a handful of states who began the VFC Program. Jeff has overseen the development of the West Virginia Statewide Immunization Information System (WVSIIS), which has grown to include all VFC-enrolled providers + more than 100 other providers of immunization. Jeff provides technical support to the development of immunization legislation including the new interpretive rule, is a member of the Steering Committee and Vaccine Storage and Handling Committees of the National Association of Immunization Program Managers, and a member of the Bureau for Public Health’s pandemic influenza preparedness workgroup. |
West Virginia Immunization Network Lead Agency
 President/CEO Sharon L. Lansdale |
 CFO/Loan Fund Manager Robert K. Dearing |
Program Manager Elaine Darling |
| Executive Assistant Ginger Grose |