Jamelle Price became an Appalachian Leadership Institute fellow

Jamelle Price, external relations manager for the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, was selected for the Appalachian Leadership Institute Class of 2023-24.

Price — who oversees the institute’s marketing, communications, and external and government relations efforts — is one of 40 fellows who live or work across Appalachia’s 13 states selected for this year’s class. Together, they will undergo a nine-month leadership and economic development training program designed by the Appalachian Regional Commission in partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; The Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs; Tuskegee University; and Collective Impact.

In the McGowan Institute, Price focuses on strategy development and execution of a comprehensive marketing communications plan to highlight the institute’s research, faculty, students, staff and programs. Jamelle holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and an MBA from Waynesburg University and Master of Science in integrated marketing communications from West Virginia University.