West Virginia International Yeager Airport is owned and operated by the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority and is governed by a 15-member board comprised of representatives of Kanawha, Putnam, Lincoln, Boone and Nicholas Counties and the City of Charleston.
Board Members of the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority
Board Members of the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority
R. Edison Hill, Chairperson, representative of the Kanawha County Commission
Trip Shumate, Vice-Chairperson, representative of the City of Charleston
H.B. Wehrle, Secretary, representative of the Kanawha County Commission
James Dodrill,Vice-Secretary, representative of the Putnam County Commission
Representing the City of Charleston
Dr. Lewis Whaley
Trip Shumate
Representing the Putnam County Commission
Lt. Col. James Dodrill (Ret.)
Representing the Nicholas County Commission
Rodney LeRose
Representing the Boone County Commission
Archie Hubbard
Representing the Lincoln County Commission
Allen Holder
Representing the Kanawha County Commission
Maj. Gen. Allen Tackett (Ret.)
Commissioner Lance Wheeler
Lisa Pack
Andrew Jordon
H.B. Wehrle, III
Todd Goldman
Mara Boggs
Representing Governor Jim Justice
Brian Abraham
Ex-Officio
Col William Peters (Ret.)
Executive Leadership Team
Dominique Ranieri
Airport Director & CEO
Dominique Ranieri is the Airport Director & Chief Executive Officer of West Virginia International Yeager Airport, owned and operated by the Central West Virginia Airport Authority.
Ranieri’s role and responsibilities include the day-to-day oversight of the Airport’s Executive Leadership Team and West Virginia International Yeager Airport. She oversees a staff of over 100, a $13.7 million budget for fiscal year 2022, and daily operations of the largest commercial Airport in the state of West Virginia that generated a $225-million economic impact in the state pre-COVID-19.
She has worked at CRW since 2017, starting as the Airport’s Marketing Director and working her way up to the CEO role. Her hard work has led to many additions (and schedule adjustments) to service at CRW Airport—notably, service from CRW to Orlando International Airport (MCO) on low-cost carrier, Spirit Airlines.
Before being named CEO, Ranieri served as Assistant Airport Director for nearly two years. Her appointment to her current position was made official in September 2022. She is the first woman to lead West Virginia International Yeager Airport.
LJ Marciano
COO & Assistant Director
Eric Johnson
Chief of Police
Paige Withrow
Chief Marketing Officer
Andrew Gunnoe
Chief Development Officer
Joshua Potter
Chief Financial Officer
Upcoming Meetings of the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority Board of Members:
January 24, 2024: Public Notice & Agenda
February 28, 2024: Public Notice & Agenda
March 27, 2024:
April 24, 2024:
May 22, 2024:
June 26, 2024:
July 24, 2024:
August 28, 2024:
September 25, 2024:
October 23, 2024:
December 6, 2023:
All Meetings Take Place on the Second Floor of the Terminal Building in the Director’s Public Use Conference Room at Noon