

Staff
Eriks Janelsins
Oglebay Foundation President & CEO
304-243-4160
ejanelsins@oglebayfoundation.org
Michael Hires
Director, Annual Giving and Communications
304-243-4003
mhires@oglebayfoundation.org
Cathy Voellinger
Office Manager and Executive Assistant
Cathy Voellinger has been the Executive Assistant to the Chairman and President of the Oglebay Foundation since 2001 where she directs special events, gift processing, and grants management. Cathy is a graduate of Wheeling Central Catholic High School and began her Wheeling Park Commission career at Oglebay’s Wilson Lodge where she was the Assistant to the General Manager. From 1997-2001, Cathy served as Manager of the Oglebay National Training Center which hosts nationally recognized training schools for professional staff and management training in the field of parks and recreation. Cathy and her husband Mark are lifelong residents of Wheeling and the parents of three children and have one granddaughter.
304-243-4166
cvoellinger@oglebayfoundation.org
G. Randolph Worls
Chairman Emeritus
Randy Worls is the Chairman of The Oglebay Foundation. Other positions he has held with the Wheeling Park Commission include: Foundation President & CEO, General Manager, Assistant General Manager, and Director of Activities. He began his career at Oglebay as a lifeguard at the age of 15 and has committed his life to developing and growing the parks to benefit the lives of all Wheeling’s citizens. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the College of Wooster in 1960 and his M.S. degree in Park Administration and Recreation from West Virginia University in 1968. Professional affiliations include: Member, West Virginia Park and Recreation Society; Member, NRPA; and Member, American Academy for Parks and Recreation Administration. Additionally, he serves in leadership positions on many community, state, and regional organizations including the WV Tourism Commission. He was named the inaugural Dr. Lee Jones Patron of Youth Award winner by the Wheeling Chambers YMCA, named Citizen of the Year in 1988 by the Jaycees, and inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame in 2000. He was asked by his peers in parks and recreation to deliver the Crawford Lecture at the NRPA Congress in Denver, Colorado.
304-243-4001
Kathryn Kelly
Director, Grants and Proposals
Kathryn Kelly is the Director of Grants & Proposals at the Oglebay Foundation, having joined the Foundation in 2018 after serving as Director of Development at Oglebay Institute. Prior to that, Kathryn spent 10 years at Wheeling Jesuit University, where she was Managing Editor of NASA’s Technology Innovation magazine, then raised the funds to build the university’s facility honoring her high school alma mater – Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy – and oversaw its construction. Before returning to the Ohio Valley in 2004, Kathryn was Associate Editor of Carnegie Magazine and conducted national media relations for UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, promoting medical research. She is a graduate of Bethany College.
304-243-4175
kkelly@oglebayfoundation.org