Roy Forman was hired as the deputy director of the West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in June 2004. He is a CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) and a NAD level 5 interpreter. He is a graduate of the sign language interpreter program at Fairmont State University and has worked as an instructor with that program. He was formerly employed as an educational interpreter in Monongalia and Preston Counties.

       Affiliations include the chair of the Fairmont Association of the Deaf, and member of Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), RID CODA Association, West Virginia Association of the Deaf, Romney Association of the Deaf, Clarksburg Association of the Deaf, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD).

          Kari Preslar is the secretary for the Commission. She is a graduate of Michigan State University with a B.A. in Journalism, Presbyterian School of Christian Education with a Master’s degree in Christian Education, and has attended West Virginia State University. Prior to joining the Commission, she worked as the director of Christian Education at the Teays Valley Presbyterian Church and as the administration for the Children’s Theatre of Charleston.

           Her interests include photography, writing, and travel and she is an active volunteer with local theater and church organizations. She is taking signing classes at West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services in Institute.