Quenton King, AppVoices staff, Federal Legislative Specialist

Quenton King

Federal Legislative Specialist

Now residing in Charleston, West Virginia, Quenton is originally from the state’s eastern panhandle. He earned his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and his Master of Public Health from Columbia University in 2019, where he did a summer fellowship at Appalachian Voices.

Quenton returned to West Virginia to work in criminal justice reform at the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy and helped lead a bipartisan statewide coalition of criminal justice practitioners and advocates.

Most recently before returning to Appalachian Voices, Quenton worked at Dream.Org Green for All, supporting their Transformative Communities team to help local governments and nonprofits access federal climate funds.