Governor McCrory Announces Workforce Development Appointments | Eastern North Carolina Now

Press Release:

    Raleigh, NC     The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today:

    North Carolina Commission on Workforce Development

   •  Korey Coon (Wake County)  -  Coon has held his current role of human resources director for the Building Construction Products (BCP) Division of Caterpillar Inc. since 2009. BCP is a global organization of more than 3,500 employees responsible for designing, manufacturing and supporting Caterpillar's line of small, versatile construction machines and work tools. He leads a team of approximately 60 employees worldwide, and his responsibilities include talent acquisition, learning and development, succession planning, employee engagement, total rewards, communications and environmental health and safety for BCP globally. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a Certified Compensation Consultant (CCP). He graduated magna cum laude and received his bachelor of arts degree from Illinois Wesleyan University. Additionally, he earned an executive master of business administration from Bradley University. Coon was appointed as chairman of the board.

   •  Terry Frank (Carteret County)  -  Frank is the owner of Frank Door Company. He is a Carteret County Commissioner and serves on the East Carolina Workforce Development Board Consortium representing Carteret County government. Frank serves on the Carteret General Hospital Board of Directors and Carteret County ABC Board. In 2010 he was awarded North Carolina Governor's Award in Workforce Development and awarded employer of the year by Carteret County Chamber of Commerce. Frank will fill a seat requiring a business representative.

   •  Ronald Cummings (Chowan County)  -  Cummings has 21 years of manufacturing experience with production companies and an additional 15 years of technical management experience within the United States Navy. He retired from Mitsubishi Kagaku Imaging Corporation as a production planner and logistics where he was responsible for overseeing the operation of numerous production lines. In the U.S. Navy he served as commanding officer's engineering advisor. Cummings will fill a seat requiring a business representative.

    The N.C. Commission on Workforce Development recommends policies and strategies that enable the state's workforce and businesses to compete in the global economy. Its mission is to establish and guide a world-class workforce development system for North Carolina that will be comprehensive, integrated, relevant and effective. This system will produce well-educated, highly skilled workers who perform at high levels and work in economically viable enterprises that provide good jobs at good wages. Each member is filling a seat on the commission due to a resignation, and their terms will end January 1, 2017.


    Contact: Crystal Feldman
       govpress@nc.gov