WANDA FRANZ, PH.D. is a developmental psychologist and professor emerita of child development in the Division of Family and Consumer Sciences at WVU in Morgantown. She joined the WVU Right to Life Club in 1971, as a graduate student. Dr. Franz served as President of West Virginians for Life from 1975 to 1990 and as President of National Right to Life Committee from 1991 to 2011. Dr. Franz has spoken on abortion and euthanasia across the U.S. and around the world. She has been profiled and interviewed on numerous radio and television outlets and, for 20 years, was the host of Pro-Life Perspective, NRLC’s daily five-minute radio program. She and her husband were married for 53 years and had three children and 12 grandchildren..
SHERRI STEVENS has worked with West Virginians for life since 1993. She has served as Office Manager and, most recently, Financial Manager. Duties include financial reports and monitoring accounts. Sherri is the longest staff employee. Sherri is married, lives in the country, and enjoys her pet dogs.
ALICIA MARTIN’S professional training is in defending and teaching the scientific case for, and the Biblical mandate of, the global Flood of Noah and a 6,000-year-old Earth. An author at heart, Alicia wrote a pro-life novel entitled The Executioners, which was followed by Understanding the Rapture and Other End Time Events, and Unbound and Unharmed: The Scientific and Historic Evidence Beneath COVID. Shorter works include a Grand Canyon visitor’s guide and devotional booklets. For as long as she can remember, tiny babies have held a very special place in Alicia’s heart. One of the greatest blessings of her life was volunteering in a Level III NICU, where she had the privilege of helping preemies as small as one pound. Alicia currently serves as Program Director at WVFL, where she can continue to help and defend the babies for whom God gave her a special love.
MARY ANNE BUCHANAN graduated from Penn State University with a B.A. in Speech Communications. After an 8-year career as a radio announcer in the 1980’s for WPQR in Uniontown, PA and then WVAQ and WAJR in Morgantown, she opted to be a full-time mother and homemaker until 2005 when she rejoined the workforce. She has been involved with her local Monongalia County Chapter of West Virginians for Life since 1985 and has served as secretary, treasurer and president at various times since then. She is proud to have received WVFL’s 2009 Angel of the Year award. Mary Anne and her husband, retired attorney and former pro-life Delegate Mike Buchanan, have two children and two grandsons.
SARA MCPHERSON is a transplant to Morgantown, originally from Frostburg, MD. She has lived in and around Morgantown for the past 13 years. Married for 20 years and having born two children, Sara stayed at home to raise them and only recently rejoined the workforce (2023). She has a background in finance and worked in the banking field for many years. Sara looks forward to becoming more involved in West Virginians for Life and helping wherever she can.
