Honeyblue back on familiar ground as NCACC Risk Control Specialist

Gerald Honeyblue is feeling at home once again. The NCACC's newest risk control specialist for the eastern third of the state once covered the same ground for five years for the Association's sister organization, the N.C. League of Municipalities. He began working with the NCACC on Jan. 4.

The return to the public risk management sector is also a welcome change for Honeyblue. Before joining the League, where he was part of the group that helped launch loss control services, he served four years as safety director for the City of Durham.

"I should have never left local government," the 30-year insurance veteran said of his move to the private sector.

Honeyblue's name could also ring a bell with several county managers. He completed the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at East Carolina University in 1998.

In his role with the Association, Honeyblue will spend 70 percent to 80 percent of his time in counties conducting risk profile evaluations, developing loss trend analysis reports and practical risk control services plans, and developing and presenting supervisory safety management training. He said he should be able to at a minimum visit with all Pool members in the eastern third of the state by the end of February.

Honeyblue is a native of Edenton in Chowan County. He received his undergraduate degree from Elizabeth City State University.

Contact Honeyblue at (919) 518-5331 or gerald.honeyblue@ncacc.org.

With Honeyblue working with members in the east, Craig Sappenfield, who joined the Association as a risk control specialist in March 2009, will shift his focus to the western third of the state. Stuart Darden will cover the Piedmont region.

More staff notes: Kelly Brown has been promoted to a full-time position in the NCACC's Finance Department. She had served in a temporary role as accounting technician since mid-October 2009.