Meet Our Team

Bethany is a powerhouse communicator and equanimous leader who has served as a business communications specialist since 1995 and is now founder, president, and CEO of Apis Creative. Her quiet confidence and effortless versatility have led her to excel in a variety of communications roles, including strategist, project manager, team leader, content developer, editor, curriculum designer, and meeting and workshop facilitator. 

A graduate of West Virginia University with a BA in secondary education, Bethany began her career at Alula (formerly The Continuous Learning Group), a management consulting firm that works with Fortune 500 clients to improve their business practices. She then spent a decade leading the technical writing team at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy fossil fuels research facility. During that time, she served on the board of directors for the National Association of Government Communicators,  and she and her team won multiple awards for the laboratory’s Office of Public Affairs. 

Bethany now donates her time as a member of the Joint Governing Board and the Mountain HSTA local governing board for the West Virginia Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA), a college preparatory program for underserved high school students that helps them enter and succeed in healthcare and other STEM careers. She is also an active member of the Morgantown Area Partnership’s Government Affairs Committee. 

Natasha oversees Apis's accounting, customer service, product and materials production, and administration. She has been with us since its founding in 2018.

Before joining Apis, Natasha worked as an executive assistant, administrative specialist, and document designer for such companies as AACE International, Alpha Associates Inc., Appalachia Pest Control, the West Virginia University Dental School, and Omnicare. Her punctuality, work ethic, and organizational, event coordination, and interpersonal skills make her a highly valuable member of the Apis team. 

Natasha has a passion for fashion design-build. She worked in merchandising with the Gabriel Brothers retail chain before becoming a mom to her two beautiful children. She continues to spend time conceiving and creating clothing and accessories, and her babies are the best dressed in the neighborhood.

Over a 20-year career, Courtney has evolved into an accomplished account executive and seasoned project manager working across diverse industries within the creative space. Resolute and amiable, she has honed top-tier negotiating skills and goal-driven problem

 solving, leading to deep experience and success in providing the pivotal link between clients and creative professionals.

Courtney specializes in cultivating robust business relationships and managing high-level projects. She excels in fast-paced environments: motivating and supervising teams while consistently elevating productivity and profitability. Her book of business encompasses

 clients in academia, fashion design, real estate development, and more, including WVU School of Nursing, MDI Biological Laboratories, FORGE Business Solutions, WVU Libraries & Regional History Center, Little Black Designs, and Advantage Valley.

Courtney’s “can-do” attitude sets her apart from the crowded field of project management. She approaches each project eager to translate the experience into a product that drives innovation, client satisfaction, and overall remarkable results. Courtney studied

 elementary and early childhood education at Fairmont State University and has successfully transferred the management and training skills she learned in higher education to the professional workplace. 

Through 30 years of design and communications experience, Lori has risen to the top of her field. With mastery in graphic design, multimedia principles and practices, and information design, Lori provides indispensable acumen and creates visual work that is second to none. 

Lori is an enthusiastic team player driven to support both Apis and our clients in achieving ongoing success through visual brand positioning. Her portfolio includes logos, educational materials, newsletters, brochures, advertisements, posters, fact sheets, presentations, exhibits, and promotional items; she also provides production management services.

Lori’s career mission is to contribute to the well-being of the community by providing vision and leadership through communication. She holds bachelor’s degrees in advertising and graphic design from West Virginia University and serves as the volunteer graphic designer for Morgantown-based Animal Friends of North Central West Virginia. 

David is a versatile learning professional who helps his clients create classroom-based, hybrid, and fully online learning events to achieve their organizational goals. David loves professional challenges that enable him to balance solid practice with creative approaches and work collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve great outcomes. He brings more than 20 years of experience in educational innovation, adult learning and training, and learning technologies. David’s love of lifelong learning extends to his personal life, where he continues not explore everything from cooking and crochet to aerial acrobatics and 3D printing to whatever he chooses as his next challenge.