Rev. Jeffrey S. Allen is a United Methodist pastor currently appointed to the West Virginia Council of Churches as the Executive Director. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology and a bachelor's degree in religious studies from West Virginia University and a Master of Divinity degree from Emory University. He previously served as Project Director for the West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition and as the Community and Families Development Director at Community Development Outreach Ministries (CDOM) for 13 years. He also has served as pastor at the Keystone and Northfork United Methodist Churches in McDowell County, West Virginia, and the College Hill United Methodist Church in Waco, Kentucky. He is married to Laura Harbert. They have a golden retriever named Miles and four cats: Dora, Little Cat, Samantha, and Thomas.