Public Education Steering Committee Members

Chair: Mark Richardson - Commissioner, Rockingham County

Kevin Austin - Board Chair, Yadkin County
Ernestine Bazemore - Commissioner, Bertie County
Fred Belfield - Commissioner, Nash County
Jackie Brown - Commissioner, Lenoir County
Vernon Bryant - Commissioner, Halifax County
Bob Byrd - Commissioner, Alamance County
Jason Chappell - Commissioner, Transylvania County
Michael Cogdell - Commissioner, Bladen County
Marty Cooke - Commissioner, Brunswick County
Chris Coudriet - County Manager, New Hanover County
Tony Cozart - Commissioner, Granville County
Matthew Crawford - Commissioner, McDowell County
Raymond Cummings - Commissioner, Robeson County
Chris Dillon - Intergovernmental Relations Manager, Wake County
Mitzi Downing - NC School Boards Association
Ed Dunlap - Executive Director, NC School Boards Association
Frank Emory - Commissioner, Jones County
Greg Ford - Commissioner, Wake County
Mike Forte - Commissioner, Brunswick County
Kathy Everett-Perry - Assistant County Attorney, Durham County
Trevor Fuller - Commissioner, Mecklenburg County
Nathaniel Hall - Commissioner, Caswell County
Sarah Hardin - Director of Governmental Affairs, NC Education Lottery
Viola Harris - Commissioner, Edgecombe County
Richard Helms - Commissioner, Union County
Craig Hill - Commissioner, Lenoir County
Tracey Johnson - Commissioner, Washington County
Jerry Jones - Commissioner, Greene County
Jessie Ladson - Commissioner, Duplin County
Vilma Leake - Commissioner, Mecklenburg County
Charles McDowell - Commissioner, Columbus County
Grace Mynatt - Commissioner, Cabarrus County
Wallace Nelson - Commissioner, Perquimans County
Cecil Perry - Commissioner, Pasquotank County
Charles Peterson - Commissioner, Bladen County
Larry Phillips - Board Vice Chair, Surry County
James Prevatte - Commissioner, Columbus County
Johnna Rogers - Deputy County Manager, Wake County
Gary Shields - Commissioner, Macon County
Mary Shuping - Director of Government Relations, NC Community College System
Pat Sykes - Board Vice Chair, Brunswick County
Bill Upton - Commissioner, Haywood County
Blake Vance - Board Vice Chair, Avery County
Gordon Wilder - Commissioner, Vance County
Steve Wyatt - County Manager, Henderson County
John Yates - County Manager, Wilkes County