Presidential Initiatives

2025-26 NCACC President Wallace Nelson speaking at the 118th NCACC Annual Conference in Pitt County

Each North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) president selects critical issues they will address during their one-year term, usually through the creation of a special task force of elected and appointed county officials. Some past presidential initiatives have included increasing awareness of county services for veterans and active duty military and their families, youth engagement and educating the public about county government.

Current Initiative

NC Counties Care

President Wallace Nelson
(2025-2026)

Heroic Hands

President Tare “T” Davis
(2024-2025)

One More Thing

Johnnie Carswell
(2023-2024)

Connecting Counties Initiative logo

Connecting Counties

Tracey Johnson
(2022-2023)

100 Counties Prepared Initiative logo

100 Counties Prepared

Frank Williams
(2021-2022)

Resilience Initiative logo

Food System Resiliency

Ronnie Smith
(2020-2021)

Pathways Initiative logo

Pathways Initiative

Kevin Austin
(2019-2020)

Thrive Logo

100 Counties: Helping Our Children Thrive

Brenda Howerton
(2017-2018)

For more information on presidential initiatives prior to 2017, please email [email protected].