Christopher Byers, MA is a former employee of Family Connections who now sits on the board of directors.  He chairs the investment committee and participates on the agency's facilities and safety committee.  Mr. Byers is the director of the Wheeling Treatment Center.

The primary responsibility of the Board of Directors is to establish the direction of Family Connections in accord with its written purpose.  The Board is responsible for creating a mission statement and reviewing it in accordance with the long-term planning process so the activities of the agency are congruent with the mission, and so that the mission statement remains a pertinent document.  The Board must be knowledgeable about the functioning of the agency and regularly examine the agency services to insure they are in agreement with the purpose and that the established goals and objectives are being achieved.

Peg Cartus, MA is the former director of the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families' Licensing Division and Institutional Investigation Unit.  She sits on Family Connections' executive committee and is also a member of the personnel, policy, and practice committee.  Ms. Cartus is now employed by Crittenton Services, Inc. as their intake coordinator.  She is a 2007 recipient of the West Virginia Child Care Association's Children's Service Award.