2024 SWVHEC Annual Report

Great People Highlights The Center currently employs 21 full-time

salaried positions and 19 part-time hourly positions. During this fiscal year, we welcomed six new team members. Congratulations to our full time staff that received state service recognition: Kathy Hietala (20 years), Sherry Buskill (15 years), Sisa Damore (10 years), Gertraud Turner (10 years), Sean Webb (10 years) and Nicolas Osborne (3 years). In December 2023, Adam Tolbert, Senior Director of Administration, was awarded his doctoral degree in Public Administration from Liberty University. Congratulations, Dr. Tolbert!

For the past fiscal year, Senator Todd Pillion has served as the chairman of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center’s Board of Trustees. We thank him for his dedicated leadership and for always championing the needs of the Center to fulfill its mission to the region. We look forward to working with our new chairman, Senator Travis Hackworth, in the next fiscal year. The Center conducts Customer Satisfaction Surveys after each event. Responses always comment about how outstanding the conference service, IT and information desk staff are. We are proud of our staff for always providing excellent customer service to our clients, partners and guests. We regularly average 4.9 stars on our satisfaction ratings.

“Every person that works in the facility was so kind and helpful! Also the facility was super clean! We will, without a doubt, use again!!” What Our Customers Say

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