NCACC staff notes from the November 2009 CountyLines

Bob Carruth has been promoted from Risk Control Specialist to Risk Control Manager for the NCACC Risk Management Pools. In his new role, he will manage the operation of the Pools' Risk Control Unit, develop safety policies and programs, identify liability exposures and provide recommendations and training to minimize Pool members' risk and further development of risk management programs. Carruth, a Cabarrus County commissioner who joined the NCACC staff in January 2009, succeeds Robert Poole in the position.

Kathy DeMay, longtime assistant to the NCACC executive director, is now working under the direction of Risk Management Director Lester J. Nixon. DeMay has served with the Association since September 2001. She will continue to serve in the interim as clerk to the NCACC Board of Directors.

David Johnson, a student in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at N.C. State University, has joined the Association for a 10-week internship. Johnson's primary research assignment will focus on jails.