Public Education Steering Committee

Chair

  • Mary Accor, Cleveland County Commissioner

NCACC Staff

  • Rebecca Troutman, Intergovernmental Relations Director

Members and Intergovernmental Partners

  • K. Ray Bailey, Buncombe County Commissioner
  • Jon Barber, Rowan County Commissioner
  • Kitty Barnes, Catawba County Chair
  • Fred Belfield, Nash County Vice Chair
  • Jack Best, Wayne County Commissioner
  • John Blanton, Sampson County Commissioner
  • Norman Cherry, Bertie County Commissioner
  • David Cooke, Wake County Manager
  • Chris Coudriet, New Hanover County Assistant Manager
  • Tony Cozart, Granville County Commissioner
  • Raymond Cummings, Robeson County Commissioner
  • Ed Dunlap, N.C. School Boards Association Executive Director
  • Frank Emory, Jones County Vice Chair
  • J. Owen Etheridge, Currituck County Commissioner
  • J. D. Evans, Wayne County Commissioner
  • Kathy Everett-Perry, Durham County Assistant Attorney
  • Hubert Gooch, Granville County Chairman of the Board
  • Nathaniel Hall, Caswell County Chairman of the Board
  • Viola Harris, Edgecombe County Commissioner
  • Pam Hemminger, Orange County Vice Chair
  • Lewis Hoggard, Bertie County Chairman of the Board
  • Tracey Johnson, Washington County Commissioner
  • Jessie Ladson, Duplin County Vice Chair
  • Vilma Leake, Mecklenburg County Commissioner
  • Joyce McDow, Scotland County Vice Chair
  • Tammy Miller-White, Perquimans County Commissioner
  • Ted Owens, Polk County Commissioner
  • Cecil Perry, Pasquotank County Commissioner
  • Tracy Philbeck, Gaston County Vice Chair
  • F.D. Rivenbark, Pender County Commissioner
  • Johnna Rogers, Wake County Deputy Manager/Chief Financial Officer
  • R. Marshall Stewart, N.C. State Associate Director
  • Sue Vilcinskas, Madison County Commissioner
  • Gordon Wilder, Vance County Commissioner
  • Jennifer Willis, N.C. Community College System Director of Government Relations


Recent reports

Cabarrus hosts six steering committee meetings (September 2011)
Six of the NCACC's seven steering committees held meetings on Aug. 18 during the Annual Conference in Cabarrus County.

Increase in gang activity concerns Education Steering Committee (June 2010)
Gangs continue to spread their tentacles throughout the state, members of the NCACC Public Education Steering Committee heard May 12 during their meeting in Raleigh.

Good news for counties on budget litigation (December 2009)
The NCACC Public Education Steering Committee heard a recap of the 2009 session of the General Assembly and discussed budget cuts in education as well as other legislative issues during its Nov. 18 meeting in Raleigh.

Forum finds resource gap for local school finance is growing (April 2009)
The disparity between the wealthiest counties and poorest counties' ability to pay for schools has reached record levels, according to the 2008 Local School Finance Study, an annual publication released by the Public School Forum of North Carolina.

Statewide bond referendum grabs steering committee's attention (March 2007)
The NCACC Public Education Steering Committee met March 13 to discuss the possibility of a statewide bond issue to aid struggling school systems with their construction needs.