Cordel was born and raised here in West Virginia and comes from a long line of those also native to the state. After graduating from Davis & Elkins College where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science he worked on various community projects across the state as a grant writer. He would later go on to volunteer for the U.S. Army Reserve where he served as a Human Resource Analyst and while deployed in the Middle East advised in the areas of federal law and policy.

Cordel now lives in Charleston where he spends his free time playing pickleball and enjoying the wonderful outdoors West Virginia has to offer.

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Email Cordel- cbostic@wvfoodandfarm.org