David K. Hoge  

David Hoge joined the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Office of the Secretary in January 2007 as Deputy Director in the State Homeland Security State Administrative Agency grant program, under the direction of Terry Miller .  David’s initiative and goals are to build stronger working relationships between the volunteer community, the private sector, and the emergency management community in West Virginia . 

He is facilitating the state’s Urban to Rural Task Force and will supervise the regional planners in West Virginia ’s six homeland security regions.

David is also the Program Coordinator for Citizen Corps in West Virginia , working in partnership with the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service.

He has served as the Emergency Services Director for the Mountain Laurel Chapter of the American Red Cross from 1993-1997 and for the Central West Virginia Chapter from 1997-2006.

In 1995, he helped form the West Virginia Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (WV VOAD) organization and served as the chairman on three different occasions.  He is a former chairman of the Kanawha Putnam Emergency Planning Committee (KPEPC), a volunteer organization that facilitates planning  for first responders in Kanawha and Putnam Counties .  He also chaired the Risk Communications Community Outreach and the Drill Planning and Exercise Committees of the KPEPC.

David graduated from West Virginia University with a Masters Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelors Degree in Political Science.  He is an avid Mountaineer fan.