RCBI names Tracy McDowell
Employee of the Month

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Tracy McDowell of Huntington has been selected as Employee of the Month for January at the Robert C. Bryd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing, RCBI Director and CEO Charlotte Weber announced.
Ms. McDowell serves as RCBI operations supervisor. She has worked with Marshall University Research Corporation and RCBI for 18 years and was Marshall University Employee of the Month in August 1996.

“Tracy McDowell is the ‘glue’ that holds us together,” Ms. Weber said. “She monitors our operations, makes certain that rules and regulations are followed and that details, large and small, are handled in an efficient manner. Her depth of experience and her willingness to accept responsibility are great assets to RCBI.”

A 1979 graduate of Huntington High School, Ms. McDowell earned associate degrees in the Administrative Assistant and Information Technology programs at Marshall Community & Technical College. She served as community relations assistant in the Huntington office of Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II before joining MURC/RCBI. Prior to that she held clerical positions with an accounting firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, and with Huntington National Bank in Huntington.

She is engaged to Huntington native Tyrone Williamson, currently of Akron, Ohio. She currently attends St. Peter Claver Catholic Church and until recently was director of HE-Motions Liturgical Dance and the Sunbeams for Christ at Young Chapel AME Church. Her interests include liturgical dance, reading, listening to a variety of music, bowling, crocheting and gardening.

RCBI provides access to cutting edge technology and technical training to manufacturers across the region. Operating from Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centers in Huntington, South Charleston, Bridgeport and Rocket Center (near Keyser in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle), its mission includes developing a quality, just-in-time supplier base for the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the commercial sector.