John D. Perdue is the 24th Treasurer of West Virginia, being first elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2000 and 2004. He is entering his 34th year of public service. Mr. Perdue began his public career with the Department of Agriculture and attained the position of assistant commissioner. In 1989, he was recruited to work on Governor Gaston Caperton’s staff, where he was senior executive assistant for eight years. He is a native of Boone County; was educated in Boone County public schools and holds a B.S. degree from West Virginia University.

He is chairman of the WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry Visiting Committee; past president of the National Association of State Treasurers in 2005; member of the board of the College Savings Network for which he serves as liaison with NAST; member of West Virginia Board of Trustees of the Leukemia Society of America and is chairman of the board of the Board of Treasury Investments.

Treasurer Perdue has made education programs a high priority for his office. He started the West Virginia Prepaid College Plan and the SMART529 Colleges Savings Plan, he initiated the statewide Bank At School program that is designed to help grade school youngsters learn about money; and he started the Women and Money Conferences for adults.

The Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property Division has set numerous records for returning more than millions of dollars in unclaimed funds to the rightful owners in West Virginia.

E-Government and e-Pay systems developed by the Treasurers Office has helped many state agencies better serve taxpayers by allowing transactions by credit card and to interact with government over the internet.

He and his wife, Robin, are the parents of two daughters.