CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced several appointments, including members of the Parkways Authority, and the Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Board of Parkways Authority:

Louis “Wade” Linger is the President and CEO of TMC Technologies of West Virginia located in Fairmont, West Virginia in Marion County. After serving as a computer programmer in the Air Force, Linger began working as a defense contractor for ManTech International Corp., where he wrote and maintained U.S. Navy software that tracks aircraft maintenance and parts and pilot flight hours.

In 1992, Linger established ManTech’s West Virginia operations in Fairmont. He has spent much of his professional career in the fields of technology and research, including a stint as the first vice president of research for the West Virginia High Technology Consortium. He later established TMC Technologies, Inc. an information technology company which had grown to over 80 employees when it was acquired in 2005. In 2010 Linger re-formed TMC Technologies. Linger holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business from St. Leo College, Florida.

Arthur “Art” Thomm II is a managing member of Thomm Partners, a government relations and public affairs firm based in Charleston, West Virginia, where he resides with his family. He previously served on the Berkeley County Republican Executive Committee and founded one of the largest grassroots organizations in West Virginia. Thomm serves on the Board of Governors for Shriners Children’s Hospital in Lexington, KY, where he helps support life-changing care for children and families.

Nick Fantasia operates a residential real estate rental and redevelopment company. He is President of the Marion Regional Development Corporation, and President of Fantasia Broadcasting Corporation. Fantasia graduated from Fairmont State University and later earned his MBA from Waynesburg University. He was elected to Fairmont City Council for five terms and served as Mayor of Fairmont for 10 years. Fantasia presently serves as President of the Fairmont State Alumni Association, Serves on the Mon General Foundation, among several other community boards.

Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Board of Governors:

Anna L. Adkins is a former student of West Virginia Community Technical College where she began her college education. She is a 2015 graduate of West Virginia State University and a 2019 graduate of Appalachian School of Law and is a practicing attorney and owner of Adkins Law Firm, PLLC in Charleston. Adkins has spent the last 13 years in the legal field as a paralegal, secretary-clerk for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in Mingo County Family Court, a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in the 29th Judicial District in Buchanan County, Virginia, and now as a practicing attorney.