Appalachian Voices
Billie Roberts is currently serving as the Virginia State Coordinator for the Appalachian Downtown Development Initiative at Friends of Southwest Virginia and as the ESEM Project Manager at Appalachian Voices. Billie also contributes as a Council Member for the Town of Bluefield and has experience working as a Community Innovation Advisor with Locus. Previous roles include auditing grant applications for Locus - Virginia Community Capital, serving as the Community Development Coordinator for the Town of Bluefield, and managing business development at Valley Staffing. Billie has a background in sales and marketing from Blue Wolf Inc. and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Franklin University, with additional educational experience from Radford University and Graham High School.
Appalachian Voices
Founded in 1997, Appalachian Voices brings people together to protect the land, air, and water of Central and Southern Appalachia and advance a just transition to a generative and equitable clean energy economy. Appalachian Voices is fueled by an abiding love of our common wealth: our mountains, rivers, forests, farms, and communities. We respect the depth and complexity of our region's history, and we honor cultural traditions that uphold the integrity of the land and the people. We are bound together by a moral commitment to our neighbors and the pursuit of a durable and ecologically sound shared prosperity. By bringing the best of ourselves to our work every day, we honor the people and places we represent in our pursuit of an Appalachia with healthy, intact ecosystems and generative local economies that allow communities to thrive. Please visit our website to learn more about our work.