Stephen Weir Writing as Will Campbell

Author of the novel, Sometimes the Darkness (released Oct 3, 2017)

Author of the novel, The Jewel Teas Man (unpublished)

Author of over twenty short stories

Author of economic development articles and op-ed pieces published in the Economic Development Review, West Virginia Executive Magazine and the Charleston Daily Mail and Gazette...

Economic Development:

A former certified economic developer (CEcD) with over thirty years managing economic development organizations from the city to the state level

Krabill & Roudabush, Inc., Director of Economic Development Services, Sandusky, Ohio

Belmont County Department of Development, Director, St. Clairsville, Ohio

Governor’s Office of Community and Industrial Development, Director of Business and Industrial Development, State of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia

Represented Governor Caperton with the following organizations: Software Valley Corporation, Southern Growth Policy Board, Southern Technology Council and the National Science and Technology program  

International trade experience includes the establishment of West Virginia’s first international trade office in Nagoya, Japan and trade missions to Japan, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada

South Charleston Area Development Corporation, President, South Charleston, West Virginia

Stephen Weir & Associates, Consultant

Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation, Executive Director, Maxwelton, West Virginia

Responsible for the renovation or creation of many economic development programs in Ohio, West Virginia and Japan  

Consulting experience includes working with the first World Trade Center Exposition, IMX Center in Cleveland, Ohio, the proposed start-up of the Marine Assistance Association, and directed the development of the Kanawha Valley Local Port Authority master plan  

Personal:

Married to Tresa Davis-Weir of Charleston

A graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio