{"id":10,"date":"2019-01-23T06:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T06:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedemos.net\/plant-store-02\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2022-03-07T07:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T07:06:47","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/practice-power.com\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>ABOUT US<\/h1>\n<h2>Our History<\/h2>\n<p>Practice Power was donated to West Virginia University and the <a href=\"https:\/\/business.wvu.edu\/research-outreach\/encova-center-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encova Center<\/a> for Innovation and Entrepreneurship by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightofamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bright of America<\/a><sup>\u00ae <\/sup>in 2018.&nbsp; Since the donation, Practice Power has been managed by students in the WVU MBA program. Simply put, our mission is to facilitate intellectual development tools through fun, interactive educational tools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Our Teams<\/h2>\n<p>Each year, a new MBA team comes in to manage Practice Power. Now in its third year, you can see our past teams who have assisted in moving the business forward.<\/p>\n<h2>2018 &#8211; 2019<\/h2>\n<h2>Brady Kurucz<\/h2>\n<h2>Josh Barnette<\/h2>\n<h2>Caroline Wylie<\/h2>\n<h2>Josh Martinez<\/h2>\n<h2>2019 &#8211; 2020<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/practice-power.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Vincent_Scalise-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<h3>Vincent Scalise<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedin-in<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/practice-power.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_4544-removebg-preview-6.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<h3>Alex Slates<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexander-slates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedin-in<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/practice-power.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MBA_Headshot-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<h3>Nick Smith<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedin-in<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2020 &#8211; 2021<\/h2>\n<h2>Jaymie Ferrebee<\/h2>\n<h2>Jacob Cook<\/h2>\n<h2>Christian Cox<\/h2>\n<h2>Stephen Corder<\/h2>\n<h2>Jancee Crotts<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING MENTORS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Steve Cutright, Dr. Jack Dorminey, Dr. Ednilson Bernardes, Dr. Annie Cui, Bob Wetzel, Tara St.Clair, WVU John Chambers College of Business and Econmoics, WVU Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n<p><style>@font-face<br \/>\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";<br \/>\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;<br \/>\n\tmso-font-charset:0;<br \/>\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;<br \/>\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;<br \/>\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br \/>\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;<br \/>\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;<br \/>\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";<br \/>\n\tmargin:0in;<br \/>\n\tline-height:115%;<br \/>\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br \/>\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;<br \/>\n\tfont-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;<br \/>\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\n\tmso-ansi-language:EN;}.MsoChpDefault<br \/>\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;<br \/>\n\tmso-default-props:yes;<br \/>\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;<br \/>\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;<br \/>\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;<br \/>\n\tfont-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;<br \/>\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\n\tmso-ansi-language:EN;}.MsoPapDefault<br \/>\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;<br \/>\n\tline-height:115%;}div.WordSection1<br \/>\n\t{page:WordSection1;}<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p><style>@font-face<br \/>\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";<br \/>\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;<br \/>\tmso-font-charset:0;<br \/>\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;<br \/>\tmso-font-pitch:variable;<br \/>\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br \/>\t{mso-style-unhide:no;<br \/>\tmso-style-qformat:yes;<br \/>\tmso-style-parent:\"\";<br \/>\tmargin:0in;<br \/>\tline-height:115%;<br \/>\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br \/>\tfont-size:11.0pt;<br \/>\tfont-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;<br \/>\tmso-fareast-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\tmso-ansi-language:EN;}.MsoChpDefault<br \/>\t{mso-style-type:export-only;<br \/>\tmso-default-props:yes;<br \/>\tfont-size:11.0pt;<br \/>\tmso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;<br \/>\tmso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;<br \/>\tfont-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;<br \/>\tmso-ascii-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\tmso-fareast-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\tmso-hansi-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\tmso-bidi-font-family:Arial;<br \/>\tmso-ansi-language:EN;}.MsoPapDefault<br \/>\t{mso-style-type:export-only;<br \/>\tline-height:115%;}div.WordSection1<br \/>\t{page:WordSection1WVU Encova Center<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=2161%20University%20Avenue%2C%20Suite%20450%20Morgantown%2C%20WV%2026505&#038;t=m&#038;z=13&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"2161 University Avenue, Suite 450 Morgantown, WV 26505\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"2161 University Avenue, Suite 450 Morgantown, WV 26505\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT US Our History Practice Power was donated to West Virginia University and the Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship by&nbsp;Bright of America\u00ae in 2018.&nbsp; 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