Taxation & Finance Steering Committee Members
Updated Feb. 19, 2008

Chair

President Elect Bill Kopp, New Hanover County Commissioner

NCACC Staff

James Blackburn, General Counsel

Members

• Lynne Anderson, Nash County Finance Officer
• Wilbur E. "Andy" Anderson, Wayne County Commissioner
• Grainger Barrett, Cumberland County Attorney
• Susan Blumenstein, Iredell County Deputy County Manager
• Fay Byrd, Wilkes County Commissioner
• Joe Carpenter, Gaston County Commissioner
• Dumont Clarke, Mecklenburg County Commissioner
• David Clawson, Dare County Finance Officer
• Deborah Craig-Ray, Durham County Assistant Manager
• Emmett Curl, Wake County Revenue Director
• Stan Duncan, Henderson County Assessor
• Frank Emory, Wilson County Chairman of the Board
• Rick French, Alexander County Manager
• Pat Goddard, Johnston County Tax Administrator
• Deborah Goldberg, Mecklenburg County IGR Director/Assistant to the County Manager
• Wanda Greene, Buncombe County Manager
• Cam Griffin, New Hanover County Budget Director
• Vann Harrell, Union County Asst. Collector of Revenue
• Becky Heron, Durham County Commissioner
• Ann Holton, Pamlico County Commissioner
• Tom Johnson, Pitt County Commissioner
• Chuck Kitchen, Durham County Attorney
• Andy Lucas, Anson County Manager
• Jarvis McLamb, Sampson County Commissioner
• Carey McLelland, Henderson County Finance Director
• Timothy McNeill, Harnett County Commissioner
• Lionell Midgett, Onslow County Chairman of the Board
• William Moyer, Henderson County Chairman of the Board
• Atlas Price, Wayne County Vice Chair
• Coy Privette, Cabarrus County Commissioner
• William "Pete" Rodda, Forsyth County Tax Assessor/Collector
• Bill Whiteheart, Forsyth County Commissioner
• Jennifer Willis, Wake County Intergovernmental Relations Manager
• Frances Wilson, Chatham County Tax Collector
• Jan Winters, Gaston County Manager
• Danny Wright, Vance County Chairman of the Board
• Steven Wyatt, Henderson County Manager

Intergovernmental Partners

• David Baker, N.C. Department of Revenue
• Kirk Boone, N.C. Department of Revenue
• Kenneth Joyner, RES, School of Government Lecturer
• Linda Millsaps, N.C. Department of Revenue Assistant Secretary
• Martha Walston, N.C. General Assembly - Support

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Recent reports

Legislators may expand exclusions (March 2007)
With property valuations going up significantly in several coastal and mountain counties, the General Assembly is set to take a look at providing some relief for certain property owners this session. The Association’s Tax and Finance Steering Committee met Feb. 28 to hear how these property tax exclusions could impact counties.

Bond referendums top November wish lists (June 2006)
Groups advocating for transportation, rural water and land conservation needs are each seeking $1 billion in state bond money over the next five years. And all three groups – along with the executive director of the N.C. School Boards Association – appealed to the Association for support during a joint meeting May 18 of the Agriculture, Environment, and Taxation and Finance steering committees.