Our Mission

COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Marc Slotnick is chairman of the West Virginia Commission on Holocaust Education and was an original appointee to the Commission by Governor Underwood. In various aspects he has participated in Holocaust Education, both in teaching as well as well as participating with George Washington High School on trips to Germany and Poland to further educate High School students on the history of the Holocaust.   He is a member of Bailey & Slotnick, PLLC and is County Attorney for Kanawha County. He holds a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts from University of Miami.

EDUCATION CONSULTANT

Barb Lewine is a founding member of the Commission and a former chair. A passionate and lifelong advocate for Holocaust education in West Virginia, she has attended The International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and has worked closely with many scholars and survivors. As program director for WV Classrooms Without Borders, Barb prepared and led several groups of teachers and students to travel to the Holocaust sites in Poland including Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Birkenau, Warsaw ghetto, Krakow and more. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and specializes in medical and hospice work. 

COMMISSION MEMBER

Dustin Lambert is employed by the West Virginia Department of Education as a Coordinator in the Office of Middle and Secondary Learning. His job responsibilities include social studies 6-12, nonpublic schools, homeschooling, and middle schools. In October of 2019, Dustin was appointed by Governor Justice to serve on the WV Complete Count Commission which serves to assist the United States Census Bureau in conducting the 2020 Census.      

EMERITUS MEMBER & WEBMASTER

Laurent Levy is a second-generation survivor and graduate of Morgantown High School. He was the longtime accompanist of the late Auschwitz-survivor Cantor David Wisnia with whom he toured the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex first-hand. He holds Masters degrees in Anthrozoology from Canisius College and Jewish Music from Gratz college, where he also focused on Holocaust Studies. He is the son of WVHEC founding chair Dr. Edith Levy.  

COMMISSION MEMBER

Joey Wiseman is the Director of Middle and Secondary Services at the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE).  He has served on the Commission in lieu of the State Superintendent of Schools since 2010 and has 30 years of experience in education.  He is the former state Social Studies Coordinator at WVDE and a former middle and high school social studies teacher from Boone County Schools.