2022 JUDGES
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Alex Petry & Stephanie PethtelAlex Petry is the Assistant City Planner for the City of Fairmont. He also serves as an Assistant Men’s & Women’s Swimming Coach at Fairmont State University. He is a graduate of Fairmont Senior High School. He earned both his bachelor’s and Master of Business Administration degrees from Fairmont State University where he also served 4 years as a member of the Fighting Falcon Men’s Swimming Team. He is a volunteer member of both the Main Street Fairmont Board of Directors and the United Way Emerging Leaders.
Stephanie Pethtel is a lifelong resident of Marion County, graduating from Fairmont State University with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and earning her MBA with an emphasis in Project Management from Fairmont State University. She currently works at Allegheny Science & Technology where she serves as the Director of Public Relations. She is a member of the Fairmont Area Swim Team’s Masters swim program and volunteers at Southridge Church. Stephanie is married to Kevin Pethtel from Hundred, WV and together they have two very energetic sons, Noah and Trey. Alex and Stephanie are the reigning Champions from Dancing with the Stars 2019. They took home 1st place Judges and Peoples mirror balls! |
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Chuck JessupCharles “Chuck” Jessup was Publisher of the Times WV from 2012-2014. While in Marion County, Chuck was a board member of the Marion County Chamber of Commerce and Board member of the United Way of Marion County where he received the 2013 Chairman’s Award. He was also an active member of the South Fairmont Rotary Club. Chuck, aka Crazy Legs, was one of the inaugural dancers in the very first Marion County Dancing with the Stars in 2013 and brought the idea with him from Beckley. And now, 9 years later, we are still going strong. He now resides in Huntington, WV and is a Regional Vice President for Holiday by Atria Senior Living.
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Marci CochranMarci Cochran is from Fairmont, WV, where she grew up and graduated from both high school and college. She has been with her husband John for over 23 years, and they have a 9-year old daughter, Kennleigh. She has been a professional family and wedding photographer for over 15 years and opened a studio in Fairmont in 2016. She is also the middle school art teacher at Fairmont Catholic School, the Yearbook Director for White Hall Elementary, and loves teaching Children’s Church at Eldora United Methodist. Marci has a background in event planning and fund-raising and loves to create community events. She has been photographing and judging pageants around the state for over 10 years.
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