AG announces executive director of West Virginia First Foundation

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTAP) – After a long search, the West Virginia First Foundation has found an executive director.

During a news conference today, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that Johnathon Board has been selected as executive director for the foundation that controls over 70 percent of the state’s opioid settlement funds. Board had previously been elected to the foundation’s board of directors as a representative for the state’s fourth region.

During the news conference, Board emphasized how the foundation can have a generational impact in the state. “It’s easy to do things for our children,” Board said. “At least, it should be. It’s a lot harder to do things for people we will never meet, but we have no less an obligation to protect. And that’s what the West Virginia First Foundation’s going to do. It will be here for years and generations from now, because that’s our job. That’s our duty as West Virginians.”

As executive director, Board will play a major role in guiding how the state invests money from opioid settlements into addressing the drug epidemic.

A previous person was offered the position in December, but turned it down.

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