Governor McCrory Announces Appointments | Eastern NC Now

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    Furthermore, I am so busy that sometimes I do do not notice stuff until the smoke clears on the weekends. With this that weekend and the correction of this miscue in place, I will publish most of the press releases - the most essential ones - that we missed, and with the correction of this miscue, we will return to publishing these press releases, which are often very popular, on a timely basis.

For Immediate Release:

   Raleigh, N.C.    Governor McCrory announced the following direct appointments today, effective immediately:

    Banking Commission, Practical Bankers

    •  Appoint James T. Bolt Jr. (Mecklenburg County) - Bolt is the executive vice president of Bank of North Carolina in Charlotte, NC. Bolt has more than 40 years of banking experience.

    •   Appoint Lee H. Roberts (Wake County) - Roberts serves as the chief operating officer of VantageSouth Bank. Roberts also serves on the Board of Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy.

    Banking Commission, Public Members

    •   Appoint Don Fader (Lenoir County) - Fader is the owner of SMC Home Finance in Kinston, NC. Fader served as vice president of mortgage lending at First South Bank.

    •   Appoint John C. Hunter (Buncombe County) - Hunter is an attorney with Adams, Hendon, Carson, Crow & Saenger P.A. Hunter served as a former legal counsel to Governor Jim Martin.

    •   Appoint Brandon S. Neuman (Wake County) - Neuman is a partner at Shanahan Law Group, PLLC. His areas of practice include banking and corporate/business litigation, among others.

    •   Appoint James Hyler Jr. (Wake County) - Hyler is a retired banking executive from First Citizens Bank. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of North Carolina Health Care System.

    •   Appoint Dalip Awasthi (Wake County) - Awasthi currently serves on the Banking Commission. He is the former managing director at Lehman Brothers in Tokyo.

    •   Appoint Pamela B. Smith (Nash County) - Smith is the chief financial officer for Century Finance, Inc. Smith is also a certified public accountant. She will fill the seat designated for a Consumer Finance Licensee.


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