Counties make WV go!
Our President
Matthew Harvey
Jefferson County Prosecutor
Matthew Harvey has been the prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County since 2016. Before that, Harvey served as an assistant prosecutor in the counties of Berkeley and Kanawha and practiced criminal defense at a private firm.
Harvey currently serves on boards for Community Corrections and Teen Court for Jefferson County. Harvey is the President of the West Virginia Association of Counties and is assigned to the Legislative Regional Jails Study Group.
Harvey is originally from Monroe County and now resides in Shepherdstown with his wife, Sarah, young daughter, and dog.
Our Immediate Past President
PAUL FLANAGAN
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk
Mr. Paul Flanagan, the Circuit Clerk of Raleigh County, has been installed as the President of the West Virginia Association of Counties (WVACo) in 2021.
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Flanagan completed his presidential term on June 6, 2022. Mr. Flanagan formerly served as Mayor of Sophia, WV, a Raleigh County Commissioner, and has served as treasurer of the Raleigh County Public Service District since 1994. He is a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. As a licensed Funeral Director he served local families for twenty-eight years. He is currently a member of the WVACo Board of Directors and has served the Association for more than 8 years. He also serves on the West Virginia Association of Circuit Clerks Association Board of Directors.
Paul is married to his wife of 52 years, Belinda Edwards Flanagan, and they have a daughter, two sons, one granddaughter and three grandsons.