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Gary G. White

Gary G. White

2007 Inductee

Gary G. White is president and CEO of International Resource Partners, a central Appalachian coal company that produces steam and metallurgical coal for domestic and international markets.

Its initial assets were acquired from the mining division of International Industries Inc. in June, 2007 where White had served as its president and CEO since 1992.

A graduate of Marshall University, White was West Virginia Coal Association’s president and CEO from 1985-92 and a member and former chairman of the Marshall University Board of Governors. He is on the board of Community Trust Bank Bancorp Inc, West Virginia Media Holding LLC and Paragon Intellectual Properties LLC. White is director and vice president of the Larry Joe Harless Community Center Foundation Inc. and a member of Gov. Joe Manchin’s 21st Century Jobs Cabinet. He was also a member and past chairman of the West Virginia Business Roundtable.

White received the 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award from the West Virginia Education Alliance, the 2004 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Marshall University Alumni Association, the City of Hope “Spirit of Life Award” and in 2003 was inducted into the Business Hall of Fame at the Marshall University Elizabeth McDowell Lewis School of Business.