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Governor McCrory Announces Appointments
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Raleigh, NC - The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today:
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Art Pappas (Durham County) - Pappas founded Pappas Ventures in 1994. His company focuses exclusively on investing in the life sciences sector across North America. Pappas is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, where he was past chair, and is actively involved with a variety of industry and philanthropic organizations dedicated to furthering medical research. He attended Ohio State University and Xavier University. He is a reappointment for this board. The term length is two years.
Carol Marino (Wake County) - Marino is the managing director for Syngenta Ventures - the corporate venture capital company within Syngenta, focused on biotechnology for agriculture applications of output traits, input traits, crop protection, and productivity, research platform technologies, adjacent technologies, and cleantech/bioenergy. She attended the University of New Hampshire and Merrimack College. The term length is two years.
Dr. Bhaskar Venepalli (Wake County) - Dr. Venepalli is president and CEO of CiVentiChem, a research & development services company. In 2010 he was honored as the Entrepreneur of the Year in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Category by the Boston based IndUS Business Journal. Venepalli attended the University of Rochester and earned his Ph.D. at Osmania University in Hyderabad, India. The term length is two years.
The center is responsible for supporting biotechnology research, business and education, strengthening the state's academic and industrial biotechnology research capabilities and working with business, government and academic to move biotechnology from research to commercialization in North Carolina. The center also fosters the state's biotechnology industrial development, informs the public about the science, applications, issues and benefits of biotechnology. It enhances teaching and workforce training capabilities of the state's educational institutions and works to establish North Carolina as a preeminent international location for the biotechnology industry.
North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board
Tony Jarrett (Guilford County) - Jarrett has been involved in the real estate industry in Greensboro his entire professional career. He is the Triad Area Manager for Allen Tate Company. Jarrett has served on the North Carolina Association of Realtors Professional Standards Committee and the North Carolina Real Estate Commission Joint Forms Committee. He attended UNC-Chapel Hill. The term length is four years.
The Board's purpose is to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare and to protect the public from being harmed by unqualified persons. The title "Licensed Home Inspector" is regulated by providing for the licensure and regulation of those who perform home inspections.
North Carolina State Library Commission
William G. "Bill" Mueller (Halifax County) - Mueller is the president of the Friends of the Library in Roanoke Rapids, a member of the Library Advisory committee, a retired public school principal, and a strong supporter of public libraries. He also serves on the City Senior Center Advisory committee and is active with the Halifax County Arts Council. Mueller will serve an at-large position.
The commission advises the Secretary of Cultural Resources on library matters. It is also responsible for evaluating and approving plans for public library development, library cooperation and plans for federally funded library programs. The commission has 15 members, each serving a four-year term. The governor appoints eight members.
North Carolina Real Estate Commission
George Bell (Forsyth County) - Bell is the owner of G. Bell Productions Ltd. He had his first real estate book published by Prentice-Hall Publishing Company when he was 31 years old. Bell was Awarded the N.C. Real Estate Educator-of-the-Year Award in both 1991 and 2012 by the NC Real Estate Educator Association. He received a B.S. in business administration from East Carolina University. The term length is three years.
Anna Wagoner (Forsyth County) - Wagoner is an attorney at Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A. She is a member of the North Carolina and Forsyth County bar associations. She has served as an advisor for A.E. Finley YMCA Leader's Club in Raleigh, and has been a member of the Raleigh Jaycees and a tutor for the Wake County Literacy Council. She received a B.A. in psychology from Wake Forest University and later attended law school at Wake Forest School of Law. The term length is three years.
Tony Craver Jr. (Durham County) - Craver is the owner and broker in charge at Craver Real Estate, LLC. He received the Outstanding Service Award for Region 4 of North Carolina Association of Realtors for 2011-2012. Craver was named 2007 Realtor of the Year by the Durham Regional Association of Realtors. He received a B.A in economics from Duke University. The term length is three years.
The board works to license and regulate real estate brokers and salesmen; at least one must be a state-licensed or state-certified real estate appraiser, and at least two members must not be either directly or indirectly involved in real estate business.
North Carolina Local Government Commission
Robert Greer (New Hanover County) - Greer is self-employed as a part-time consultant. He served on the New Hanover Board of Commissioners from 1988 until 2010. The current board and organizational memberships he serves on are the advisory board with BB&T Bank, New Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees. He is past president of both the U.S. Navy League Wilmington Council and Wilmington Rotary Club.
The purpose of the North Carolina Government Commission is to advise the state's units of local government on accounting and budgeting and to approve the issuance of local government and general obligations, revenue bonds and most installment purchases. The commission has nine members. Each member serves a four-year term. The governor appoints four members.
Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission
Representative Susan Martin (Wilson County) - Representative Martin represents the 8th District in the North Carolina House of Representatives. She serves in the public school system where her two teenage daughters attend. She is vice president of the Toisnot Middle School Parent Teacher Organization and a member of Friends of Fike PTO. She is also an active volunteer with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Rep. Martin attended the University of Richmond.
Senator Peter Brunstetter (Forsyth County) - Senator Brunstetter represents the 31st District in the North Carolina Senate. He is an attorney at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP in Winston-Salem. Senator Brunstetter is an adjunct professor of law at Elon University School of Law. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors at UNC-Chapel Hill. He attended Tulane University and the University of Virginia.
Senator Angela Bryant (Nash County) - Senator Bryant represents the 4th District in the North Carolina Senate. She is the senior consultant and co-founder of VISIONS, Inc. She is the former director and one of the developers of The Wright's Center - VISIONS' award winning multicultural adult day health care project in Rocky Mount, NC for elders, disabled adults, their caregivers and service providers. Senator Bryant attended UNC-Chapel Hill.
Senator Shirley Randleman (Wilkes County) - Senator Randleman represents the 30th District in the North Carolina Senate. Her current legislative committees include: Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources,(member), Health Care (member), Judiciary II (vice chair), Pensions & Retirement and Aging (member), Program Evaluation (member) and Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety (member). Randleman attended Wilkes Community College.
Representative Bryan Holloway (Stokes County) - Representative Holloway represents the 91st District in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He currently serves as a co-chair of the House Appropriations Committee and sits on the following committees: Commerce and Job Development, Government, Insurance, Public Utilities and Energy and Rules. Rep. Holloway attended Appalachian State University.
The Commission's purpose is to provide guidance and make recommendations to local, state, and federal legislative and administrative bodies, and to others for the use of stewardship and enhancement of water and other natural resources. It is to provide a forum for discussion of issues affecting the basin's water quality and issues affecting other natural resources; to promote communication, coordination and education among stakeholders within the basin. It identifies problems and recommends appropriate solutions to undertake studies and prepare, publish, and disseminate information through reports, and in other forms related to water quality and other natural resources of the basin. The term length is at the pleasure of the governor.
North Carolina Zoological Council
Jerry Hudson (Guilford County) - Hudson is the vice president at New Bridge Bank in Greensboro. He has 20 years of banking experience with a strong network of trusted advisors. He is an Eagle Scout and received a B.S. in Business Management from UNC-Wilmington.
Stephen Cox (Guilford County) - Cox is an agent with Senn Dunn independent insurance agency in Greensboro and is active in community organizations in Guilford County. He and his family are heavily involved in the Zoological Society.
John Adcox (Mecklenburg County) - Adcox is the president of Source Agency and the Adcox Companies. Source Agency is a North Carolina-based (OREO) Other Real Estate Owned management firm. The firm serves community banks. Previously, he was a broker for Coldwell Banker Triad.
Gregory Hunter (Forsyth County) - Hunter is the managing director at Oppenheimer based out of Winston-Salem. He is currently a council member of the North Carolina Zoo. He received his B.S. in business and M.B.A. from Wake Forest University.
Chairman Scott Reed (Forsyth County) - Reed was the director of WSFS Financial Corporation from 2005-2012. He is the retired senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of BB&T Corporation in Winston-Salem. He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Wake Forest University and his M.B.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill.
The Council's purpose is to advise the Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources on concepts of and for the Zoological Park in Asheboro. The council also provides advice for construction, furnishings, operations and admissions fees for the park. The council has 15 members, each serving a six-year term. The governor appoints all members.
Southern Regional Education Board
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest (Wake County) - Lieutenant Forest received two degrees from UNC-Charlotte, and then became a leader in the business community having served as office president and senior partner of the state's largest architectural firm, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting. As lieutenant governor, Forest serves as the president of the North Carolina Senate and serves as a voting member of the State Board of Education, the State Board of Community Colleges, the State Economic Development Board and is the chairman of the eLearning Commission.
Representative Linda Johnson (Cabarrus County) - Representative Johnson represents the 83rd District in the North Carolina House of Representatives. She is serving her seventh term in the House. She serves as a chair for both Education and Appropriations committees as well as vice-chair of the Finance committees.
The Board's purpose is the development and maintenance of regional educational services and schools in the Southern states in the professional, technological, scientific, literary, and other fields, as it provides greater education advantages and facilities for the citizens of the several states who reside within such region. At least one member should be a legislator and one should be an educator. The term length is four years.
Contact: Crystal Feldman
govpress@nc.gov
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Raleigh, NC - The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today:
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Art Pappas (Durham County) - Pappas founded Pappas Ventures in 1994. His company focuses exclusively on investing in the life sciences sector across North America. Pappas is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, where he was past chair, and is actively involved with a variety of industry and philanthropic organizations dedicated to furthering medical research. He attended Ohio State University and Xavier University. He is a reappointment for this board. The term length is two years.
Carol Marino (Wake County) - Marino is the managing director for Syngenta Ventures - the corporate venture capital company within Syngenta, focused on biotechnology for agriculture applications of output traits, input traits, crop protection, and productivity, research platform technologies, adjacent technologies, and cleantech/bioenergy. She attended the University of New Hampshire and Merrimack College. The term length is two years.
Dr. Bhaskar Venepalli (Wake County) - Dr. Venepalli is president and CEO of CiVentiChem, a research & development services company. In 2010 he was honored as the Entrepreneur of the Year in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Category by the Boston based IndUS Business Journal. Venepalli attended the University of Rochester and earned his Ph.D. at Osmania University in Hyderabad, India. The term length is two years.
The center is responsible for supporting biotechnology research, business and education, strengthening the state's academic and industrial biotechnology research capabilities and working with business, government and academic to move biotechnology from research to commercialization in North Carolina. The center also fosters the state's biotechnology industrial development, informs the public about the science, applications, issues and benefits of biotechnology. It enhances teaching and workforce training capabilities of the state's educational institutions and works to establish North Carolina as a preeminent international location for the biotechnology industry.
North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board
Tony Jarrett (Guilford County) - Jarrett has been involved in the real estate industry in Greensboro his entire professional career. He is the Triad Area Manager for Allen Tate Company. Jarrett has served on the North Carolina Association of Realtors Professional Standards Committee and the North Carolina Real Estate Commission Joint Forms Committee. He attended UNC-Chapel Hill. The term length is four years.
The Board's purpose is to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare and to protect the public from being harmed by unqualified persons. The title "Licensed Home Inspector" is regulated by providing for the licensure and regulation of those who perform home inspections.
North Carolina State Library Commission
William G. "Bill" Mueller (Halifax County) - Mueller is the president of the Friends of the Library in Roanoke Rapids, a member of the Library Advisory committee, a retired public school principal, and a strong supporter of public libraries. He also serves on the City Senior Center Advisory committee and is active with the Halifax County Arts Council. Mueller will serve an at-large position.
The commission advises the Secretary of Cultural Resources on library matters. It is also responsible for evaluating and approving plans for public library development, library cooperation and plans for federally funded library programs. The commission has 15 members, each serving a four-year term. The governor appoints eight members.
North Carolina Real Estate Commission
George Bell (Forsyth County) - Bell is the owner of G. Bell Productions Ltd. He had his first real estate book published by Prentice-Hall Publishing Company when he was 31 years old. Bell was Awarded the N.C. Real Estate Educator-of-the-Year Award in both 1991 and 2012 by the NC Real Estate Educator Association. He received a B.S. in business administration from East Carolina University. The term length is three years.
Anna Wagoner (Forsyth County) - Wagoner is an attorney at Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A. She is a member of the North Carolina and Forsyth County bar associations. She has served as an advisor for A.E. Finley YMCA Leader's Club in Raleigh, and has been a member of the Raleigh Jaycees and a tutor for the Wake County Literacy Council. She received a B.A. in psychology from Wake Forest University and later attended law school at Wake Forest School of Law. The term length is three years.
Tony Craver Jr. (Durham County) - Craver is the owner and broker in charge at Craver Real Estate, LLC. He received the Outstanding Service Award for Region 4 of North Carolina Association of Realtors for 2011-2012. Craver was named 2007 Realtor of the Year by the Durham Regional Association of Realtors. He received a B.A in economics from Duke University. The term length is three years.
The board works to license and regulate real estate brokers and salesmen; at least one must be a state-licensed or state-certified real estate appraiser, and at least two members must not be either directly or indirectly involved in real estate business.
North Carolina Local Government Commission
Robert Greer (New Hanover County) - Greer is self-employed as a part-time consultant. He served on the New Hanover Board of Commissioners from 1988 until 2010. The current board and organizational memberships he serves on are the advisory board with BB&T Bank, New Hanover Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees. He is past president of both the U.S. Navy League Wilmington Council and Wilmington Rotary Club.
The purpose of the North Carolina Government Commission is to advise the state's units of local government on accounting and budgeting and to approve the issuance of local government and general obligations, revenue bonds and most installment purchases. The commission has nine members. Each member serves a four-year term. The governor appoints four members.
Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission
Representative Susan Martin (Wilson County) - Representative Martin represents the 8th District in the North Carolina House of Representatives. She serves in the public school system where her two teenage daughters attend. She is vice president of the Toisnot Middle School Parent Teacher Organization and a member of Friends of Fike PTO. She is also an active volunteer with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Rep. Martin attended the University of Richmond.
Senator Peter Brunstetter (Forsyth County) - Senator Brunstetter represents the 31st District in the North Carolina Senate. He is an attorney at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP in Winston-Salem. Senator Brunstetter is an adjunct professor of law at Elon University School of Law. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors at UNC-Chapel Hill. He attended Tulane University and the University of Virginia.
Senator Angela Bryant (Nash County) - Senator Bryant represents the 4th District in the North Carolina Senate. She is the senior consultant and co-founder of VISIONS, Inc. She is the former director and one of the developers of The Wright's Center - VISIONS' award winning multicultural adult day health care project in Rocky Mount, NC for elders, disabled adults, their caregivers and service providers. Senator Bryant attended UNC-Chapel Hill.
Senator Shirley Randleman (Wilkes County) - Senator Randleman represents the 30th District in the North Carolina Senate. Her current legislative committees include: Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources,(member), Health Care (member), Judiciary II (vice chair), Pensions & Retirement and Aging (member), Program Evaluation (member) and Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety (member). Randleman attended Wilkes Community College.
Representative Bryan Holloway (Stokes County) - Representative Holloway represents the 91st District in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He currently serves as a co-chair of the House Appropriations Committee and sits on the following committees: Commerce and Job Development, Government, Insurance, Public Utilities and Energy and Rules. Rep. Holloway attended Appalachian State University.
The Commission's purpose is to provide guidance and make recommendations to local, state, and federal legislative and administrative bodies, and to others for the use of stewardship and enhancement of water and other natural resources. It is to provide a forum for discussion of issues affecting the basin's water quality and issues affecting other natural resources; to promote communication, coordination and education among stakeholders within the basin. It identifies problems and recommends appropriate solutions to undertake studies and prepare, publish, and disseminate information through reports, and in other forms related to water quality and other natural resources of the basin. The term length is at the pleasure of the governor.
North Carolina Zoological Council
Jerry Hudson (Guilford County) - Hudson is the vice president at New Bridge Bank in Greensboro. He has 20 years of banking experience with a strong network of trusted advisors. He is an Eagle Scout and received a B.S. in Business Management from UNC-Wilmington.
Stephen Cox (Guilford County) - Cox is an agent with Senn Dunn independent insurance agency in Greensboro and is active in community organizations in Guilford County. He and his family are heavily involved in the Zoological Society.
John Adcox (Mecklenburg County) - Adcox is the president of Source Agency and the Adcox Companies. Source Agency is a North Carolina-based (OREO) Other Real Estate Owned management firm. The firm serves community banks. Previously, he was a broker for Coldwell Banker Triad.
Gregory Hunter (Forsyth County) - Hunter is the managing director at Oppenheimer based out of Winston-Salem. He is currently a council member of the North Carolina Zoo. He received his B.S. in business and M.B.A. from Wake Forest University.
Chairman Scott Reed (Forsyth County) - Reed was the director of WSFS Financial Corporation from 2005-2012. He is the retired senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of BB&T Corporation in Winston-Salem. He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Wake Forest University and his M.B.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill.
The Council's purpose is to advise the Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources on concepts of and for the Zoological Park in Asheboro. The council also provides advice for construction, furnishings, operations and admissions fees for the park. The council has 15 members, each serving a six-year term. The governor appoints all members.
Southern Regional Education Board
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest (Wake County) - Lieutenant Forest received two degrees from UNC-Charlotte, and then became a leader in the business community having served as office president and senior partner of the state's largest architectural firm, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting. As lieutenant governor, Forest serves as the president of the North Carolina Senate and serves as a voting member of the State Board of Education, the State Board of Community Colleges, the State Economic Development Board and is the chairman of the eLearning Commission.
Representative Linda Johnson (Cabarrus County) - Representative Johnson represents the 83rd District in the North Carolina House of Representatives. She is serving her seventh term in the House. She serves as a chair for both Education and Appropriations committees as well as vice-chair of the Finance committees.
The Board's purpose is the development and maintenance of regional educational services and schools in the Southern states in the professional, technological, scientific, literary, and other fields, as it provides greater education advantages and facilities for the citizens of the several states who reside within such region. At least one member should be a legislator and one should be an educator. The term length is four years.
Contact: Crystal Feldman
govpress@nc.gov
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