Board of Directors

The NCACC Board of Directors and its Executive Committee make policy decisions to guide the NCACC and its staff through the year. The board consists of:

  • Five officers
  • 18 district directors
  • Elected members of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Board of Directors
  • Up to five at-large commissioners
  • Several ex-officio members who chair NCACC committees or hold other appointments
  • Up to five Past Presidents of the NCACC who are still active county commissioners

2025-26 Executive Committee

  • 2025-26 NACo Directors
    DirectorCountyPosition
    George DunlapMecklenburgNACo First Vice President
    Ed BoothBeaufortNACo Seat Number 1
    Frank WilliamsBrunswickNACo Seat Number 2
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  • 2025-26 District Directors
    DistrictCounties in DistrictDirector / County
    1Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and WashingtonEmily Truman / Gates
    2Beaufort, Bertie, Hertford, Martin, and PittAnn Floyd Huggins / Pitt
    3Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, and WayneLinda Rouse Sutton / Lenoir
    4Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and PenderRob Zapple / New Hanover
    5Bladen, Hoke, Robeson, and ScotlandMary McCollum / Hoke
    6Cumberland, Harnett, and SampsonGlenn Adams / Cumberland
    7Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, and WilsonGwendolyn Wilkins / Nash
    8Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, and WarrenSherry Wilborn / Person
    9Chatham, Durham, Johnston, Lee, Orange, and WakePhyllis Portie-Ascott / Orange
    10Anson, Montgomery, Moore, and RichmondJarvis T. Woodburn / Anson
    11Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Guilford, Randolph, and RockinghamMark Richardson / Rockingham
    12Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and UnionGene Houpe / Iredell
    13Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and CatawbaMike LaBrose / Caldwell
    14Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, and YanceyHarley Masters / Mitchell
    15Cleveland, McDowell, Polk, and RutherfordMike Benfield / Rutherford
    16Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, and TransylvaniaLarry Chapman / Transylvania
    17Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and SwainTommy Long / Haywood
    18Davie, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, and YadkinRichard Linville / Forsyth
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  • 2025-26 At-Large Directors
    PositionDirectorCounty
    At-Large DirectorRandy BurnsBurke
    At-Large DirectorBob KirbyChowan
    At-Large DirectorJerry LangleyBeaufort
    At-Large DirectorGloria WhisenhuntForsyth
    At-Large DirectorCharles WoodardPerquimans
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  • 2025-26 Committee Leadership & Representatives
    PositionDirectorCounty
    Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Co-ChairDennis AldridgeAvery
    Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Co-ChairTerri WellsBuncombe
    General Government Steering Committee ChairMike ForteBrunswick
    Health and Human Services Steering Committee ChairCheryl StallingsWake
    Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee ChairWayne BranchDuplin
    Public Education Steering Committee ChairCarly CookeGuilford
    Tax and Finance Steering Committee ChairButch LawterJohnston
    Legislative Goals Committee Co-ChairDavid AllenRandolph
    Legislative Goals Committee Co-ChairAnn KeyesWashington
    Strategic Plan Co-ChairSissy AydlettCamden
    Strategic Plan Co-ChairMark JerrellMecklenburg
    County Manager’s RepresentativeMary FurtadoCatawba
    CRG Board of Trustees RepresentativeViola HarrisEdgecombe
    Building Committee ChairMyron YoderPolk
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  • 2025-26 Past Presidents
    DirectorCountyTerm as President
    Darrell FryeRandolphNCACC President 1990-91
    Tracey JohnsonWashingtonNCACC President 2022-23
    Fred McClureDavidsonNCACC President 2016-17
    Ronnie SmithMartinNCACC President 2020-21
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