Gov. Manchin appoints new Higher Education Policy Commission member

Jenny Allen, from Shepherd University, was appointed to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Tuesday.

Gov. Joe Manchin said in a press release he appointed Allen to the Commission for her work in raising the economic growth of the Shepherd University community.

Allen has served as vice chair of a $20 million campaign for Shepherd University, the institution's first comprehensive fundraising initiative. She is also vice president of the board of the Contemporary American Theater Festival. In the past, she has served on the West Virginia Public Broadcasting Foundation board.

Allen joins nine other Commission members; six of whom are appointed by the Governor and three ex-officio members including the Secretary of Education and the Arts, State Superintendent of Schools and Chair of the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education.

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