Matthew Irby
West Virginia Tax Commissioner and FTA Board of Trustees Southeast Region Member
Matthew Irby was appointed Tax Commissioner for West Virginia by Governor Jim Justice on June 29, 2021.
He brings nearly two decades of public service experience in tax and law to the Tax Division in service to West Virginia as the Deputy Tax Commissioner, Director of the Tax Account Administration Division, Administrative Law Judge at the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals, and as an attorney for the Tax Division. He has also worked for Legal Aid of West Virginia and the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy.
Commissioner Irby earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marshall University and a law degree from Chase College of Law.