The West Virginia Environmental Quality Board is composed of five members who are appointed by the Governor for five-year terms. Members must be "persons who by reason of previous training and experience are knowledgeable in the husbandry of the state's water resources and with at least one member with experience in industrial pollution control."
Edward M. Snyder, Ph.D., Chair
(Democrat - Jefferson County, Shepherdstown, WV)
Appointed: June 30, 1989
Charles C. Somerville, Ph.D., Vice-Chair
(Independent - Cabell County, Huntington, WV)
Appointed: Nov. 18, 2011
B. Mitchel Blake, Jr., Ph.D., Member
(Democrat - Monongalia County, Morgantown , WV)
Appointed: June 15, 2023
Marybeth Winters, Member
(Republican - Raleigh County, Beckley, WV)
Appointed: April 30, 2018
Stephen G. Capelli, Sr., Member
(Republican - Randolph County, Elkins, WV)
Appointed: February 15, 2019
0 Vacancies - Pending Appointment