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In late 2004, a community fundraising team was recruited to assist with the Renewing the Covenant fundraising campaign goal of raising a minimum endowment of $2.5 million in 2006, the year that marks Covenant House's 25th anniversary.

The team consists of community leaders from a wide range of backgrounds and professions – from law, to business, to counseling – all united in their commitment to Covenant House and its mission. The committee is led by co-chairs Gail Forsythe and Tom Heywood.

Endowment Committee Co-Chairs

Gail Forsythe Tom Heywood

biographies below

Other committee members are:

Brian Glasser Antoinette Morrison Lewis Payne Kasey Russell

Pam Hylbert Sandy Murphy Roy Price Rick Wolford

Chad Love Corey Palumbo Tracey Rowan

Covenant House, 600 Shrewsbury Street, WV 25301-1211
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Co-Chair Biographies

Gail Forsythe

Gail Forsythe, owner of Forsythe Group Services, is an insurance agent and financial services representative, working actively with employer groups throughout the State of West Virginia. She especially enjoys collaborating with non-profit organizations in the community, helping them find innovative ways to offer strong employee benefits while maintaining fiscal responsibility. It is through this avenue that Gail came to work with the Covenant House Endowment Committee.

Gail hails from Connecticut, but she and her husband, Dr. Jamie Forsythe, and their two children Kendall (age 14) and Jackson (age 9), have lived in the Charleston area for over 10 years. Gail enjoys the arts, including singing, dancing, drama, and visual arts. In addition to co-chairing the Covenant House endowment campaign, Gail is a member of womanSong Chorale, Charleston Rotary, and most recently, a student of martial arts, as she is currently taking karate classes with her son, Jackson.

Tom Heywood

Tom Heywood is a law partner in the Charleston office Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, PLLC, and formerly served as Chief of Staff to the Honorable Gaston Caperton, Governor of the State of West Virginia. He has significant experience in health care, corporate, finance and commercial law, and is recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers in America."

Tom is an active civic leader, and in recent years was involved in the following initiatives: Chairman, Results-Based Government Task Force, Vision Shared (2002); Chairman, TANF Advisory Council (2001); Chairman, Community and Technical College Implementation Board (2000); Co-Chairman, Celebration 2000 (1999-2000); Co-Chairman, "Yes on 1 Committee" (Stock Investment Amendment to West Virginia Constitution) (1998); Chairman, Transition Committee on Medicaid (1997); Chairman, Medicaid Crisis Panel (1995).

His numerous public service awards include the West Virginia Education Association's "Margaret Baldwin Friend of Education Award," the National Association of Social Workers "Citizen of the Year" award, and the Charleston Regional Chamber of Commerce and Development's "Sam Walton Community Leadership Award."

In addition to serving as co-chair of Renewing the Covenant, Tom also serves on the boards of several other charitable and non-profit organizations, and is active in many business and trade associations.