PROFILE
Thirty years’ experience as a county and city manager in growing and dynamic communities. Career includes managing a diverse county with a manufacturing,
commercial and agricultural based economy, a coastal county with a substantial
commercial and tourism tax base and a suburban city located in a major
metropolitan area.
EXPERIENCE
Interim County Manager February 2014 – June 2014
Caswell County, North Carolina
Interim County Manager July 2014 – January 2015
Pender County, North Carolina
County Manager 2001 – 2013
Nash County, North Carolina
County Manager 1997 – 2001
Carteret County, North Carolina
City Manager 1983 – 1996
Poquoson, Virginia
County Administrator 1981 – 1983
Nelson County, Virginia
Assistant to the County Administrator 1977 – 1981
James City County
Grants Analyst 1975 – 1977
City of Portsmouth, Virginia
Budget Analyst 1974
Fairfax County, Virginia
Job Developer 1972 – 1973
Virginia Employment Commission
United States Army 1970 – 1972
EDUCATION
1993 Senior Executive Institute, University of Virginia
Program for Senior Local Executives
1981 Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia
Program for Senior Level Federal Executives (invited to attend)
1974/1975 M.U.A. Master of Urban Affairs, Virginia Tech
1970 B.A., Old Dominion University
SELECTED BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Gateway Partnership Economic Development Corporation, Executive
Committee
United Way Board of Directors, Public Service Agency Campaign Chair
Communities in Schools Board of Directors
Braswell Public Library Board of Directors
Rocky Mount Boys and Girls Clubs Board of Directors