A native of Charleston West Virginia, Stephanie Tyree is the Executive Director of the WV Community Development Hub (The Hub).
With over fifteen years of experience in policy, community development and community organizing, she has dedicated her career to advancing community-based, systemic solutions for rural, coal-impacted communities in Central Appalachia. Her primary area of expertise has centered around developing tools to drive community collaboration, leadership engagement, and community-driven change to build resilient rural communities. She is focused on building diverse partnerships that use creative strategies to address barriers to investment and progress in rural community-driven development.
Since joining the WV Community Development Hub in 2012, Stephanie has created the organization’s community-based policy program, expanded the organization’s footprint to better serve communities in southern West Virginia, led research and evaluation processes relating to rural community development in West Virginia, including publishing the WV Community Development Innovation Report and the 6 Best Practices of Rural Community Building, and has elevated the leadership of the organization within regional and national community economic development fields. She has served in leadership roles in multiple collaborative efforts to address barriers to rural main street development and investment, including the statewide Abandoned Properties Coalition, the WV Downtown Appalachia Working Group, and the creation of a new regional impact investment fund: Invest Appalachia.
Stephanie is inspired by the leadership growth and local transformation she has seen West Virginia communities achieve when they are provided with the tools, support, and resources to execute their vision for redevelopment and when rural development barriers are collaboratively addressed.
Stephanie has an undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a law degree from NYU School of Law. She was recognized as a “WV Wonder Woman” by WV Living Magazine in 2016, was a recipient of The State Journal’s “Next Generation: 40 Under 40” award in 2018 and was a 2021 Fulcrum Fellow with the Center for Community Investment.
She currently serves on the WV Community Development Advisory Boards for Wesbanco and Truist banks. Additionally, she is a member of the Fayette County West Virginia Library Board, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Board of Directors, and is the Chair of the Board of Directors for Invest Appalachia.
Stephanie lives with her husband and two young sons in rural Fayette County West Virginia.
