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About Us
The West Virginia Association of Licensing Boards was established in 1981. The
purposes of the organization as stated in the Articles of Incorporation include:
- For the best interest and keeping the high standards and ideals of the licensing
boards created by the Legislature through the laws of the State of West Virginia;
- To help the various licensing boards continue the constant pattern of raising the
standards and ethics of each licensing board for the protection of the citizens of the
State of West Virginia;
- To upgrade the standards of dealing with complaints concerning unethical and/or
unlawful practice;
- To work with the Legislature, its committees and/or joint committees,
recommending laws for passage and advising and answering questions for the
protection of the citizens of the State of West Virginia; and,
- Most importantly, to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of
the State of West Virginia by seeing that all who are licensed meet minimum
competency standards.
Membership in the Association is open primarily to all licensing boards contained in
Chapter 30 of the West Virginia Code. However, there are also Associate and
Corporate, non-voting, memberships. The Association meets typically once or twice
per year, with correspondence in the interim, to permit boards to collaborate together,
assist each other, and stand together when issues of concern to one or all exist.
Association Officers
Grady M. Bowyer
President
Grady entered training as a Radiologic Technologist in 1968 at Charleston Memorial
Hospital, graduating in 1970. He took his American Registry of Radiologic
Technologist Examination in November, 1970 and began work, upon certification, as a
Special Procedures Technologist in the Radiology Department at Charleston Memorial.
In August, 1972, he accepted a position with the WV Department of Health as a
Radiological Health Specialist in the Radiological Health Program. He worked in that
position until 1998, performing inspection of x-ray equipment in hospitals and doctor's
offices throughout the state. At that time, he accepted a position as an Information
System Coordinator with Health and Human Resources' Environmental Health
Services. He was appointed by the Governor to the WV Radiologic Technology Board
of Examiners in 1992 to represent the Department of Health & Human Resources'
Radiological Health Program. In 1998, he was elected chairman of that Board and
served a term of two years. He continued to serve on the Radiologic Technology Board
of Examiners until he resigned as a Board member in 2000 and accepted the position
of Executive Director of the Radiologic Technology Board. He is a Certified
Investigator/Inspector by the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR),
having completed both the basic and advanced courses. He was elected President of the
Association in 2004.
Wanda Goodwin
Vice-President
Wanda Goodwin has been involved in veterinary medicine for most of her adult life. She
began working as a receptionist in a veterinary practice in Charleston, WV in 1976.
Beginning in 1979, she was the office manager and bookkeeper for five veterinary
hospitals. While working as the business manager for multiple veterinary facilities, she
was asked to accept the position of Executive Secretary for the West Virginia Board of
Veterinary Medicine in 1980. This position title was later changed to Executive Director.
She managed multiple veterinary practices while concurrently serving as director of the
Board of Veterinary Medicine from 1980 until 1992. At that time, she left veterinary
practice management and concentrated full time on the Board of Veterinary Medicine.
Wanda is involved in national as well as state veterinary and governmental regulatory
organizations. She has been active in the American Association of Veterinary State
Boards (AAVSB) since 1981, and was honored for being the longest serving director of a
state veterinary board in the United States at the Kansas City, MO annual meeting of the
AAVSB in 2005. She has served as the West Virginia Delegate to the AAVSB
throughout her years of service. Wanda is also actively involved in the Federation of
Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB). She is also a Certified Investigator/Inspector
by the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR).
Lanette Anderson
Secretary/Treasurer
Lanette Anderson graduated from Marshall University in 1980 with an Associate in
Science in Nursing, and in 1984 with a Bachelors of Business Administration, emphasis
in Management. She also graduated from the College of Law at West Virginia
University in 1992. Lanette has continued her education in nursing with a Bachelors in
Nursing from West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 1999, and completed her
Masters in Nursing Administration at Marshall University in 2006.
Lanette has been employed by the West Virginia State Board of Examiners for
Licensed Practical Nurses since 1992, and has served as the Executive Director of the
Board since 2001. Lanette is active in nursing regulation on the state and national
level. She is a Certified Investigator/Inspector by the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and
Regulation (CLEAR). She has also served as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Association of
Licensing Boards since 2001.
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