West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy -- Our Mission

Board of Directors

Steve White, President
Director, ACT Foundation

Dennis Sparks, Vice-President
Executive Director, WV Council of Churches

Rick Wilson, Secretary
American Friends Service Committee

Sherri McKinney, Treasurer
SEIU 1199

Elizabeth Damewood Gaucher
West Virginia Alliance for Sustainable Families

Rev. James Patterson
President, Partnership of African American Churches

Research and analyze tax and budget issues for fairness and adequacy and to examine overall budget priorities.
Educate policymakers on the effects of budget and tax policies and economic trends.
Inform public debate and ensure that complex tax and budget issues are accessible to a varied audience of state and local officials, journalists, nonprofits, other interested parties, as well as the general public.
Make research available to state and community-based groups and organizations and work to assure that they are consulted in the process of setting priorities for research and analysis.