Mr. Perry is President and Chief Executive Officer of Key Centurion Bancshares Inc., West Virginia’s largest bank holding company with assets of more than $2 billion with 15 banks located throughout West Virginia and Kentucky.  A graduate of Marshall University, with a  Bachelor of Arts Degree, and of the West Virginia University College of Law, he is a native West Virginian and Huntingtonian.

He is Chairman of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce; a Director and Treasurer of the West Virginia Roundtable, and a Director and Vice President of the West Virginia Research League. He is on the Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Government and Legislative Committee of the West Virginia Bankers Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Huntington Area Chamber of Commerce, Software Valley Foundation, West Virginia Education Fund, and, by appointment of the Governor, the West Virginia Board of Trustees.

In addition, Mr. Perry serves the community through his involvement on the board of directors of various cultural and civic organizations and was the first recipient of the Huntington newspaper’s “Citizen of the Year” Award for 1987.