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About Us

Our History

Fairfield Community Development Corporation

In 2019, the Fairfield CDC was formed to focus on five key areas of improvement for the Fairfield Area:

Health & Wellness
Education
Housing
Jobs & Economic Development
Safety

The Fairfield Community Development Corporation is a 501(c)(3) consisting of stakeholders from the Fairfield neighborhood, Marshall University, the City of Huntington, the Mountain Health Network, and the Huntington Housing Authority.

The Fairfield CDC is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of leaders from partner entities, and Fairfield community members.

The Fairfield Community Development Corporation is funded by Foundation for the Tri-State.

The organization hired it’s first Executive Director RaShad Sanders in November of 2020.

Leadership

Board of Directors/Members List

RaShad Sanders
Executive Director

Ms. Maria Hill – Board Chair
Director
A.D. Lewis Community Center

Rev. Charles Shaw – Vice Chair
President
Huntington Black Pastors Association

Dr. Gayle Brazeau – Board Secretary Professor
Marshall University School of Pharmacy

J. L. Brydie – Board Treasurer
Attorney
Nelson-Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Steve Williams
Mayor
City of Huntington

Brad D. Smith
President
Marshall University

Mrs. Mary Whitten Wiseman
President
Foundation for the Tri-State

Duron Jackson
Director
Phil Cline Center of YMCA – Huntington

Dr. Kelli Johnson
Associate University Librarian – Drinko Library at Marshall University

Mrs. Teresa Johnson
City Council Member District 5

Ms. Lisa Martin
Director
Student Conduct, Marshall University

Matthew Plante
Music Teacher
Local Activist

Larry Ellis
Director of Development
Huntington Housing Authority

David Harris
President
Carter G. Woodson Foundation

Tim Martin
COO
Cabell Huntington Hospital

Charles Meyers, Jr.
Civil Engineer
Geiger Brothers, Inc.

Sandra Clements
Community Leader

Rev. Reginald Hill Retired Pastor Community Leader

Our Partners

Our Purpose

Fairfield CDC’s purpose is to enhance the physical, economic and social aspects of life for all residents of the Fairfield community that live and work there. This vision includes restoring the creation and maintenance of affordable housing and commercial real estate, education of residents, promotion of healthy lifestyles and increasing the economic wealth of residents regardless of ability to pay, ethnicity, race, gender, age and/or sexual orientation in the neighborhood of Fairfield in Huntington, West Virginia.

In 2019, FCDC was formed to focus on five key areas of improvement for the Fairfield Area: