Justin Peyton was born in Manhattan, NY and raised in Philadelphia, PA. He received a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Shippensburg University in May 2001 and Masters of Public Administration from Shippensburg University in December 2002. He then went on to serve on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from December 2002 until August 2007. From July 2008 until August 2009, Justin served as CAIR-Pennsylvania’s first Executive Director. He was promoted to further develop the chapter. In August 2009, Justin stepped down as Executive Director to pursue full-time studies in the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary.