Small Towns Action Council

The Small Towns Action Council includes members of the N.C. General Assembly, local officials, representatives of state and federal agencies, and representatives of professional associations, nonprofit organizations and public/private foundations. Members were selected in August 2005.

Becky Anderson, Executive Director, Handmade in America
Janet Anderson, Immediate Past President, N.C. Association of Municipal Clerks
Anita Brown-Graham, Professor, Institute of Government and Chair; Rural Center’s Civic and Social Infrastructure Committee
Janice Burke, Executive Director, Local Government Commission
A. Everette Clark, President, N.C. League of Municipalities; Mayor, Town of Marion
John Cooper, State Director, USDA Rural Development
Senator Walter Dalton, N.C. General Assembly
Jim Fain, Secretary, N.C. Department of Commerce
Bill Gibson, Chair, N.C. Community Development Council
Ronnie Goswick, Vice President, N.C. Economic Developers Association
Ellis Hankins, Executive Director, N.C. League of Municipalities
Vance Holloman, Executive Director, Local Government Commission
Representative Howard Hunter, N.C. General Assembly
Valeria Lee, President, Golden Leaf Foundation
Al Leonard, Town Manager, Tabor City
Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue
Mikki Sager, N.C. Representative, The Conservation Fund
Mike Smith, Dean, School of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill
Frank Wilson, President, N.C. Black Mayors Association; Mayor, Town of Bolton