Jon Blair Hunter

Jon Blair Hunter was elected to the West Virginia Senate from the 14th District in 1997.  He was recently appointed co-chair of the Senate Education Subcommittee on Productive and Safe Schools.  Senator Hunter is a native West Virginian, born in Richwood and raised in Nitro.  He served in the U.S. Army and earned a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in social work at the University of Wisconsin.  His professional "hats" have included college professor, community organizer, and administrator and executive director of numerous community and senior citizen organizations and programs.  He served as Executive Director of the Region VI Area Agency on Aging from 1981 to 1991, coordinating senior citizen programs in north central West Virginia.  He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and has served on the boards of many other civic organizations.

Senator Hunter's Remarks