Leadership

Jeremiah G. Dys, Esq., President and General Counsel. Jeremiah G. Dys, the youngest of three was born in Lancaster, PA in 1978 to Peter and Patricia Dys. Not long after, Dys joined his family as they moved to Ft. Myers, FL where he would live until he graduated from Evangelical Christian School in 1997.

Dys then moved to Upland, IN to attend Taylor University, a Christian liberal arts college. While at Taylor, Dys met his wife, held several leadership positions, was active in the Taylor University Theater, and was a four-year member of the Taylor University Concert Chorale. During the last semester of his collegiate career, Dys studied in Washington, D.C. at the American Studies Program. While there, he interned with the Marriage Law Project of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Following graduation, Dys moved to Washington, D.C. to work inpolitics. Instead, God provided Dys with the opportunity to assist in the starting of a new campus of Nyack College in Washington, D.C. For one year, Dys worked as Assistant to the Dean of Nyack College, DC.

From Washington, D.C., Dys and his wife moved to Morgantown, WV to attend the West Virginia University College of Law. After graduating with his J.D. in the summer of 2005 andpassing the West Virginia Bar shortly thereafter, Dys went to work for the Hon. Russell M. Clawges, Jr., Chief Judge of the 17thJudicial Circuit of West Virginia as his Judicial Law Clerk.

On August 1, 2007, Dys began work for the West Virginia Values Coalition its Executive Director and General Counsel. Now as The Family Policy Council of West Virginia, Dys provides leadeship as corporate president and general council.  Dys now resides just outside of Charleston in Cross Lanes, WV with Jennie, his wife, and his two sons, Johnathan and Joshua.

Thanks to the example of godly parents and God’s grace, Dys recognized his need for a Savior at a very young age. Dys now endeavors to live – as a lawyer, husband, father, or friend – by I Peter 3:15, “But, in your hearts, set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.”