ADDITION: Staci Stephen has joined the ranks of Realtors at Cedar One Realty.

An active member of the community since moving back to the Ohio Valley from Columbus in 2001, Stephen said she is excited to be able to keep her focus on serving as the executive director of the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley and real estate.

She said she carries the values of hard work, integrity and outstanding client service into everything she does. Stephen has served in the nonprofit world for the past 17 years, where she started her nonprofit career at the Augusta Levy Learning Center in 2006. In 2022, she became director of development at Youth Services System Inc.

She is a graduate of Marietta College where she earned a bachelor’s degree in allied health, and a graduate of Hondros College of Real Estate. Staci was the race director of COLOR ME AU-SOME 5K, one of Augusta Levy’s biggest fundraisers; was named to the State Journal’s Generation Next: Top 40 under 40 in West Virginia in 2015; has served on the board of directors for the Rotary Club of Wheeling and OV Connect; is a member of the Rotary Club of St. Clairsville; and is a graduate of the 2017 Leadership Wheeling class.

Stephen serves as secretary for the board of directors for WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, is chair of the quality committee at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital and sits on the board of the Regional Economic Development Partnership. She is currently a Realtor for Cedar One Realty and resides in St. Clairsville with her partner, Gary, and their two fur babies.

She can be reached at the St. Clairsville office on her cell at (740) 310-8333 or at stacistephen@gmail.com.

APPOINTED: Karl Gebhardt has been appointed to the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District board of directors by the conservancy court, the 18-judge body that oversees MWCD operations and makes appointments to its board.

“I applaud the Court for selecting Karl for the MWCD board. Time and again he has demonstrated not only his deep knowledge of the natural resources issues in Ohio but also his commitment to public service, having served as a township trustee, senior leader at cabinet agencies and on international committees for the Great Lakes. We are lucky to have his knowledge and experience at work for the MWCD and are deeply grateful for his willingness to serve,” said Craig Butler, MWCD executive director.

Gebhardt’s service to Ohio includes leading farmland preservation efforts at the Department of Agriculture, as well as deputy director of Water Resources and chief of the Division of Surface Water for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. He also served as deputy director at the Department of Natural Resources, overseeing its Division of Soil and Water Resources and leading the Ohio Lake Erie Commission. He has also served as a township trustee and as a member of the International Joint Commission’s Water Quality Board, a U.S-Canada body that works on shared issues impacting the Great Lakes. He has a master’s in public policy from Ohio State University and bachelor’s in business from Franklin University.