Names
in the News
 Kela Lockamy,
an NCCBI employee for eight years who most recently served as
legislative assistant in the governmental affairs department,
has been promoted to director of membership services. She
replaces Ann Lee, who recently left the association after 33
years of dedicated services. Lockamy will work with Vice
President of Development Rosemary Wyche on membership
recruitment and retention efforts. She will be maintain
membership and prospective membership records, assist members
and potential members with renewals, inquiries and requests
for membership information. Replacing Lockamy in governmental
affairs is Cindy Privette, who comes to NCCBI from N.C.
State University, where she worked for the past five years.
Privette began her career in the NCSU Facilities Division and
spent the past year and a half in the Chancellor’s Office
for Governmental Affairs. She will assist Leslie Bevacqua
and Julie Woodson in handling legislative issues as
well as help plan and manage committee meetings, conferences
and other events.
Linda Suggs
was named legislative director for the State Board of
Education and the Department of Public Instruction. Suggs most
recently was chief lobbyist for the N.C. Association of School
Administrators and brings more than 30 years of experience to
the new position. Suggs is a Meredith College graduate who
holds a master’s degree from Duke University.
Ann McArthur of Buxton was appointed by Gov. Mike
Easley as his teacher advisor. McArthur is a science teacher
at Cape Hatteras Secondary School in Buxton. She is a member
of the N.C. Professional Teaching Standards Commission, a
trustee for the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching,
and a site manager for the N.C. Teacher Academy. In addition
to teaching, McArthur is the varsity girls’ Basketball
coach.
Dianne B. Sellers of Raleigh was reappointed by Gov. Mike
Easley to the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Sellers is
currently a member of the Worker’s Compensation Section of
the North Carolina Bar Association. She is the past president
of the Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation
Administrators and she has served on the International
Association of Accident Boards and Commissions. Sellers
received her bachelor’s degree from Mary Baldwin College,
her master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and she attended Wake Forest University School of
Law.
Shelly Willingham of Rocky Mount has been chosen by a
Democratic Party committee to take the seat of former state
Rep. Toby Fitch (D-Wilson), who resigned to accept Gov.
Mike Easley’s appointment to the Superior Court bench.
Willingham edged out Frank Emory, a Wilson County
commissioner. Gov. Easley must confirm Willingham’s
appointment to the state House. Willingham is facilities
manager for the Down East Partnership for Children, which
administers the Smart Start program in Edgecombe and Nash
counties. He served one term on the Edgecombe County Board of
Commissioners and the Rocky Mount school board and ran
unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for state Senate.
Willingham said he will seek election to a full term during
the fall elections. Fitch fills a vacancy left by Supreme
Court Justice G.K. Butterfield. In addition to his
Wilson-based law practice, Fitch has been a member of the N.C.
House of Representatives since 1985. Fitch's legislative work
has included service as Vice Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee.
Jane Powell Gray was appointed by Gov. Mike Easley to
be a Wake County District Court judge. He also appointed John
O. "Joe" Craig III of High Point to the Superior
Court bench in Guilford County. Beth Spencer Dixon and Addie
M. Harris Rawls were tapped for District Court judgeships
in, respectively, Rowan and Johnston counties.
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