Gov. Cooper Announces Boards and Commissions Appointments | Eastern North Carolina Now

Dr. Carmine Plott of Winston-Salem as a member with knowledge in the field of radiation and its biological effects. Plott is a radiation safety officer and diagnostic medical specialist for Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center. She won the 2012 Charles "Barry" Burns Emerging Technology Lecturer award for the North Carolina Society of Radiologic Technologists.

    Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority:

• Mitzie Branon of East Bend as a member at-large. Branon has twenty-nine years of experience with Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation, and has been CEO since January of 2010. She serves on the boards of directors for the North Carolina Cooperative Coalition and the Yadkin Arts Council.

    Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individuals to the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission:

• Marion Deerhake of Raleigh as a representative from the Environmental Management Commission. Deerhake is a retired environmental scientist with RTI International. She is also the vice-chair of the water quality committee of the Environmental Management Commission.
• Jason Conner of Etowah as a representative from the Mining Commission. Conner is the vice-president of land management and strategic development at Hendrick Industries. He also serves on the Mineral Research Lab Board at North Carolina State University.

    Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the South Piedmont Community College Board of Trustees:

• Michael Lutes of Matthews as a Union county resident. Lutes is the president of the Southeast division and system senior vice-president with Atrium Health. He also serves as a member and public policy chair of the Union County Chamber of Commerce.

    Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individuals to the Southern Regional Education Board:

• Shirley B. Prince of Wilmington as educator representative. Prince is the executive director of the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principals Association. She previously served as the Superintendent of Schools in Scotland County and received the North Carolina State Superintendent of the Year award in 2007.
• Dr. Elease Frederick of Enfield as a member at-large. She is a retired superintendent for Halifax County Schools. She previously served as the principal of Bakers Elementary School. She is also a member of the Winston Salem State University Alumni Association.

    Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the Uniform Laws Commission:

• J. Anthony Penry of Raleigh as a member at-large. Penry is a partner at Penry Riemann. He serves as an adjunct professor in construction law at Campbell University School of Law, as well as adjunct professor in alternative dispute resolution at Wake Forest University School of Law.

    Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Veterans Affairs Commission:

• Lovay Wallace-Singleton of New Bern as Representative of the 3rd Congressional District. Wallace-Singleton is the executive director of the Veterans Employment Base Camp and Organic Garden in New Bern.

    Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Water Treatment Facility Operators Board of Directors:

• Dr. Orlando Coronell Nieto of Cary as a university faculty member in the water supply field. Nieto is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill. He is also on the editorial board of Nature Partner Journals' Clean Water Journal.

    Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the Governor's Western Residence Board of Directors:

• Oralene G. Simmons of Asheville as a member at-large. She is the president and founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville. Simmons is also the former leader of the YMI Cultural Center.




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