PEIA Staff

Administration​

Brent Wolfingbarger, Director
Kathy Lester, HR Generalist I
Erika Smith, Administrative Secretary

Clinical Services

Felice Joseph, Pharmacy Director
Cheryl Jackson, Wellness Program Manager
Jenny Manhart, Face-to-​Face Diabetes Program Manager 
Vanessa Kelly George, PEIA Provider Relations Manager
Jenny Perry, Medical Claims Reviewer II
Robin Tyler, Medical Claims Reviewer II

Communications

Michelle Bauer​, Communications Manager
​Amanda Downs, Public Information Specialist

​Customer Solutions​

Trina Sweeney - Customer Solutions Director​
Jill Beaty - Benefit Coordinator Liaison​​

To reach one of our customer service representatives, please call 1-304-558-7850 or 1-888-680-7342, or send an e-mail to PEIA.Help@wv.gov.
If you email PEIA, please include your member ID in the message so we are able to answer your questions more efficiently.

​Finance

Jason Haught, Chief Financial Officer
Sherman Biniza​, PEIA Controller​​
Jessica Virtz, RHBT Controller
Staci Clutters, Internal Auditor
​Stephanie MacLellan, Qualit​​y Assuran​ce​ Specialist
Lee Stone, Accounting Assistant​​​
​​Jay Yoon, Actuarial Analyst
​​​​Sam Revercomb, Procurement Officer​​
Austin Harvey, Accounting Tech III

Premium Accounts

Beverly Hedrick, Supervisor​
Courtney Blankenship​​, Lead, Retirees - CPRB
​Michelle Trail, State Agencies, Colleges, and Universities
Varsha Vaghela, Direct Pay Retirees and County Boards of Education
Kelly Davis, ​​Non-State Agencies

Legal

​​​Bill Hicks, General Counsel
Tom Miller, Privacy & Security Officer
Kasi L. Bell, Administrative Services Assistant I​II

Oper​ations

Charlotte Stover, Director of Operations​​
Jessica Wallace, Administrative Services Manager I

Eligibility

Teresa Burdette, Supervisor
Joni Blankenship, Eligibility Lead - ​Life Insurance​
Cathy Hearnshaw, ​Administrative Services Assistant I 
Nicole Spears​, Eligibility Lead - ​Retiree Accounts
Sharon Withrow, Active Employees Only: State Agencies
Brandy Early, Active Employees Only: County Boards of Education (A-L)
Christie Yarbough, Active Employees Only: County Boards of Education (M-Z)|
Jen Barger, Active Employees Only: W​VU and Colleges & Universities
Shawn McKenzie, ​Active Employees Only: Non-State Agencies

Mail Receipt and Processing

Carlyn Barker​, Insurance Assistant, Lead​
Cindy Dotson, Insurance Assistant
​​​Lee Ann Halste​ad, Insurance Assistant

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