Gene is a graduate of Stonewall Jackson High School and is an Ordained Minister.  He also served in the United States Navy.  He was appointed to the Board in September, 2002, as the Consumer Member.

Gene worked as a Rehab Technician at Charleston Area Medical Center from 1977 until his recent retirement.  He currently serves as Senior Pastor and Worship Minister for King's Way Christian Church in Nitro, WV.  He and his wife, Darla, reside in Charleston, and have five children, eleven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.