December 12, 2001

Appointments made by House and Senate leaders
One of the last bills to emerge from each legislative session is the so-called “appointments bill” in which the Senate President Pro Tem and the Speaker of the House appoint people to literally dozens of boards and commissions. We’ve gone through this long piece of legislation and culled out those that include NCCBI members or are boards that are important to NCCBI members. The condensed list follows:

Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight’s Appointments
State Building Commission: Paul Davis Boney of New Hanover County for a term expiring June 30, 2004.
Centennial Authority: George Matthew Wood Jr. of Pasquotank County and Reef C. Ivey II of Wake County for terms expiring June 30, 2005.
N.C. State Bar Disciplinary Hearing Commission: Marguerite P. Watts of Pasquotank County for a term expiring June 30, 2004.
Environmental Management Commission: Robert G. Ray of Jackson County, Thomas K. Jenkins of Macon County, and Maurice Anthony Lasher of Buncombe County for terms expiring June 30, 2003.
N.C. Global TransPark Authority: Howard B. Chapin of Beaufort County and Frank B. Holding Jr. of Wake County for terms expiring June 30, 2005.
N.C. Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors: Patricia G. Garrett of Mecklenburg County and J. Adam Abram of Wake County for terms expiring June 30, 2003. Robert J. Yatko of Gaston County and William Womble of Wake County are appointed for terms expiring June 30, 2005.
Information Resource Management Commission: Rufus Edmisten of Wake County for a term expiring June 30, 2005.
Local Government Commission: Marcus King of Wake County for a term expiring June 30, 2005.
N.C. Manufactured Housing Board: Troy Franklin Brickey of Forsyth County and J. P. Cauley of Lenoir County for terms beginning October 1, 2001, and expiring Sept. 30, 2004.
N.C. Museum of Art Board of Trustees: Elizabeth Hobgood Wellons of Johnston County and Julia Bryan Jones Daniels of Wake County for terms expiring June 30, 2003.
Northeastern N.C. Regional Economic Development Commission: Elsie Griggs Hollowell Pugh of Camden County, Ben Berry of Pasquotank County, Charlie Shaw of Chowan County, Ernie Bowden of Currituck County, Ray E. Hollowell Jr. of Dare County, and Robert B. Spivey of Bertie County for terms expiring June 30, 2003.
Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Funds Council: Michael Richard Haire of Perquimans County, Tom C. Mehder of Mecklenburg County, and Anne Coan, Douglas E. Howey, and Bill Weatherspoon of Wake County for terms expiring June 30, 2003.
N.C. State Ports Authority: Betty Medlin of New Hanover County for a term expiring June 30, 2003.
N.C. Agency for Public Telecommunications Board of Public Telecommunications Commissioners: Anthony M. Copeland and Thomas Archbell Morrow of Wake County appointed for terms expiring June 30, 2003.
UNC Center for Public Television Board of Trustees: Beverly McCracken of Guilford County for a term expiring June 30, 2003. 
N.C. Railroad Board of Directors: Thomas P. Dillon of Union County for a term expiring June 30, 2005. Michael L. Weisel’s appointment shall expire June 30, 2003. 
Rules Review Commission: David Ray Twiddy of Chowan County, Jim Funderburke of Gaston County, Laura DeVan of Cumberland County, and Thomas Hilliard of Wake County for terms expiring June 30, 2003. 
N.C. Rural Internet Access Authority: Patricia Ferguson of Bertie County, Dr. Donald P. Altieri of Anson County, and William S. Wellons Jr. of Cumberland County for terms beginning Aug. 1, 2001, and expiring July 31, 2002. 
N.C. School of Science and Math: Richard F. Green of Brunswick County for a term expiring June 30, 2005. 
Southeastern N.C. Regional Economic Development Commission: Jane W. Smith of Robeson County, William W. Phipps of Columbus County, and Kenneth Robinette of Richmond County for terms expiring June 30, 2005.
N.C. Teaching Fellows Commission: LeRoy J. Walker of Durham County for a term expiring on June 30, 2005.
Western N.C. Regional Economic Development Commission: D. Samuel Neill of Henderson County, Kenny Hankinson of Rutherford County, and William Forsyth of Cherokee County for terms expiring June 30, 2005. Michael Stephen Hawkins of Transylvania County for a term expiring June 30, 2003, to fill the unexpired term of David Huskins. 
Wildlife Resources Commission: Russell Mohn Hull, Jr. of Pasquotank County, John Edward Pechmann of Cumberland County, and Eugene Price of Wayne County for terms expiring April 24, 2003. 

House Speaker Jim Black’s Appointments 
State Building Commission: C. Neil Styers of Gaston County for a term expiring June 30, 2004. 
Centennial Authority: O. Temple Sloan and Don Beason of Wake County for terms expiring June 30, 2003. 
Environmental Management Commission: Anne Barnes of Orange County and Don Abernathy of Catawba County for terms expiring June 30, 2003. 
N.C. Global TransPark Authority: R. Gene Braswell of Wayne County for a term expiring June 30, 2005. 
N.C. Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors: Douglas R. Bebber of Buncombe County, Brent Barringer of Wake County, Paul S. Jaber of Edgecombe County, and Bill Fitzgerald of Scotland County for terms expiring on June 30, 2003.
Information Resource Management Commission: Olin H. Broadway Jr. of Mecklenburg County for a term expiring June 30, 2005. 
Local Government Commission: David Huskins of McDowell County for a term expiring June 30, 2005. 
N.C. Museum of Art Board of Trustees: James Treadaway of Catawba County and Rosemary F. Wyche of Halifax and Wake counties for terms expiring June 30, 2003. 
Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Funds Council: Lloyd Williams Jr. of Cleveland County, Al Dorsett of Guilford County, David Knight and Leland L. Laymon of Wake County, and Bennie Gupton of Franklin County for terms expiring June 30, 2003. 
N.C. State Ports Authority: David Freshwater of Carteret County for a term expiring June 30, 2003. 
Property Tax Commission: Wade Wilmoth of Watauga County for a term expiring June 30, 2003. 
Public Officers and Employees Liability Insurance Commission: Joe Kluttz of Stanly County for a term expiring on June 30, 2003.
UNC Center for Public Television Board of Trustees: Ruth Cook of Wake County for a term expiring June 30, 2003. 
Board of Public Telecommunications Commissioners: Jan Dempster of Moore County and Herb Crenshaw of Wake County for terms expiring June 30, 2003.
N.C. Railroad Board of Directors: Sharman Thornton of Mecklenburg County for a term expiring June 30, 2003. 
Northeastern N.C. Regional Economic Development Commission: Fred Yates of Hertford County, Edmond Buckman of Beaufort County, and G.B. Warner of Pasquotank County for terms expiring June 30, 2002. John E. Schrote of Pasquotank County, Joe Landino of Tyrrell County, and Ralph Mobley of Martin County for terms expiring June 30, 2003. 
Southeastern N.C. Regional Economic Development Commission: James L. F. Smith of Pender County, Roger F. Hall Jr. of Robeson County, and Kermit Williamson of Sampson County for terms expiring June 30, 2005. Henry E. Miller III of New Hanover County is appointed to fill the unexpired term of Gene Miller effective Dec. 5, 2001, for a term expiring June 30, 2003. 
Rules Review Commission: Dr. Walter Futch of Brunswick County, Jennie Hayman of Wake County, and Dr. John Tart of Wayne County for terms expiring June 30, 2003. 
N.C. Rural Internet Access Authority Commission: Bolling Gray McNeill Jr. of Columbus County, Dr. Cecil Groves of Jackson County, and Brad Phillips of Wake County for terms expiring July 31, 2002. 
N.C. Rural Redevelopment Authority: Dr. Katherine Johnson of Nash County for a term expiring June 30, 2004.
N.C. Teaching Fellows Commission: Millie Yongue of Scotland County for a term expiring on June 30, 2005.
Western N.C. Regional Economic Development Commission: Craig Madison of Buncombe County, Leon D. Jones of Cherokee County, and George Couch of Polk County for terms expiring June 30, 2005. Van Phillips of Mitchell County is appointed for a term expiring June 30, 2003, to fill the unexpired term of R. Tracy Walker.
Wildlife Resources Commission: Troy Boyd of Pasquotank County, Robert L. Purcell of Wake County, and Charles W. Bennett and Gary Allen of Mecklenburg County for terms expiring June 30, 2003.

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