Byrd White is a West Virginia accountant and state government official. He was appointed in March 2019 by Governor
Jim Justice
James Conley Justice II (born April 27, 1951) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2017 to 2025 as the 36th gover ...
as West Virginia's Secretary of Transportation as a replacement for
Tom Smith, who Justice had fired over a dispute about maintenance of secondary roads.
White is a former
Raleigh County Commissioner
and highway construction company executive.
References
External links
*https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2019/Pages/Gov.-Justice-announces-plans-to-fix-secondary-roads-and-refocus-Division-of-Highways-as-maintenance-first-agency.aspx
*https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2019/Pages/Gov.-Justice-appoints-White-as-Secretary-of-Transportation.aspx
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American accountants
Secretaries of transportation of West Virginia
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Raleigh County, West Virginia