Huey Perry, a native of Mingo County, WV, and the son of coal miner, was named Director, Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project at the age of twenty-nine. Later, he became the director of the Low-Income Housing Project for Tech Foundation of West Virginia Institute of Technology. He holds a BA from Berea College, KY, and an MA in Political Science from Marshall University, WV, and is an author, entrepreneur, teacher, student, volunteer, chairman, business owner, and farmer.