LEADERSHIP

The Vision Shared Board of Directors come from different regions of West Virginia and represent almost every sector of the state’s economy, from business and labor to academia and the non-profit world. Vision Shared operations are managed by a president/chief executive officer who, in coordination with a support services provider, ensures that all aspects of Vision Shared’s administration and activities adhere to federal and state regulations and the highest standards of operation.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 
Richard L. Slater

Richard L. Slater
Managing Member
Dixon Hughes West Virginia
Charleston

Richard L. Slater is a corporate tax consultant and Managing Member of Dixon Hughes West Virginia. Rick spent 14 years with Ernst & Young and has more than 19 years of tax and business consulting experience.  He has served in strategic advisory capacities for numerous clients involved in mergers and acquisitions, capital structuring, tax restructuring plans, business incentives and grants, public/private development plans and state and local taxation.

He has also worked with many companies in entity selection, raising capital, and research and development spending in the area of health sciences and state taxation.  Mr. Slater is generally thought of as one of the preeminent tax advisors in the market. His work on state and local taxation issues encompasses a myriad of West Virginia and other states’ income and franchise-based assessments. He is involved in many leadership capacities related to economic and tax policies affecting the State of West Virginia.

Rick was appointed by Gov. Joe Manchin as a commissioner of the West Virginia Industrial Council and recently was elected by West Virginia Executive Magazine as one of the 20 Most Influential business leaders in the State of West Virginia. He has been a judge for the 2006 through 2009 West Virginia Business Plan Competition, which is directed by WVU Entrepreneurship Center.

In addition to the Vision Shared board, Rick serves on the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, West Virginia Pension Bond Advisory Commission, West Virginia Roundtable, Putnam County Development Authority, Marshall University Lewis College of Business and the WVU Accounting Advisory Board.

Rick earned his bachelor of science in accounting from Marshall University.