Contact: Annette Barnette
Public Relations & Marketing Director
Glenville State College
Glenville, West Virginia
(304) 462-4115

Glenville, WV – The leader of Gilmer County Schools is serving on the Board of

Governors at Glenville State College. Superintendent Ed Toman says he was honored to receive the opportunity to become a GSC board member. “I graduated from Glenville State College, and the school changed my life. Serving on the board is my way of giving back to not only GSC but also to my community,” said Toman.

Toman has served as the Superintendent of Gilmer County Schools since 2004. Prior to that, he worked seven years for Wirt County Schools in various positions including Schools Superintendent, Wirt County High School Principal, and Vocational Director as well as four years employed in the Monongalia County Schools system as a teacher and a coach. Toman’s extensive educational career also includes time at Presley Ridge School at Laurel Park in Clarksburg and at schools in Braxton, Lewis, Wetzel, and Tyler Counties.

Toman received his Bachelor’s Degree in 1991 from Glenville State College where he majored in Education with an emphasis on multi-subjects K-8, behavior disorders K-12, learning disabled K-12, and mentally impaired K-12. He then obtained his Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership Studies from West Virginia University. Toman also earned a Superintendent’s Certificate from the Marshall University Graduate College.

Toman has received numerous honors and awards including the Glenville State College Distinguished Alumni/Outstanding Educator Award in 2003, the West Virginia Coaches Association Region II Principal of the Year for 1999-2000, Wirt County High School Future Farmers of America Honorary Member in 1999, a Discipline Task Force Nominee for the West Virginia Department of Education’s Office of Special Education in 1998, the Glenville State College Outstanding Student Teacher Award by Kappa Delta Pi in 1991, and Glenville State College WVIAC All-Conference Football player in 1989.

In addition to serving on the GSC Board of Governors, he is also a member of several other professional committees and groups such as the West Virginia Association of School Administrators, the American Association of School Administrators, the WVSSAC Board of Directors, the RESA VII Board of Directors, the Glenville State College Educational Personnel Preparation Advisory Committee, the Calhoun/Gilmer Career Center Board, the Glenville State College Pioneer Athletic Club, the Gilmer County Economic Development Authority, and the Federal Correctional Institution Gilmer Community Relations Board.

Toman is originally from Paden City, West Virginia in Wetzel County. He lives in Glenville with his wife Michelle. They have three children: twelve-year old daughter Tristin and sons Jordan, who is sixteen, and Campbell, who is two.