Advisory Committee
The advisory committee consists of 18 top workforce, economic development and human services leaders in North Carolina who will shape the final consensus agenda. They represent agencies committed to working together to advocate on behalf of the agenda before the General Assembly, Congress and other bodies.
Andy Anderson, President, Community Innovations, Inc.
Chris Beacham, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Research and Strategic Planning, N.C. Department of Commerce
Cherie Berry, Commissioner, N.C. Department of Labor
Walter Dorsey, Director, Region Q Workforce Development Board
Dan Gerlach, Senior Policy Advisor for Fiscal Affairs, Office of the Governor
Billy Ray Hall, President, N.C. Rural Economic Development Center
Andrea Harris, President, North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Inc.
Martin Lancaster, President, N.C. Community College System
Larry Keen, Vice President for Economic and Workforce Development, N.C. Community College System
Rev. Joseph Mann, Director, Rural Church Division, The Duke Endowment
Carmen Hooker Odom, Secretary, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Harry Payne, Chairman, N.C. Employment Security Commission
Bill Rowe, General Counsel, N.C. Justice Center
Bill Schweke, Vice President, CFED
Roger Shackleford, Executive Director of Workforce Development, N.C. Department of Commerce
Mark Sorrells, Senior Vice President, Golden LEAF Foundation
Mac Williams, President, N.C. Economic Developers Association, represented by Ronnie Goswick, Secretary-Treasurer
Lawrence Wilson, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity,
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Ruth Dial Woods, Board of Governors, University of North Carolina
