North Carolina Governor-elect Josh Stein (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
North Carolina Gov.-elect Josh Stein is continuing to staff up his transition team, bringing on an array of government officials and business leaders from past and present as he prepares to take office.
Stein launched his transition last week, putting together a core team of advisors who will help lead the Democrat’s operation over the next two months.
Now, he’s building out a blueprint for his cabinet — appointing allies to lead more than a dozen committees that mirror agencies and internal departments. That includes commerce, environmental quality, health and human services, veterans affairs, public safety, transportation, budget and more.
“People are excited to get to work to build a safer and stronger North Carolina,” Stein said in a statement. “I am excited that so many public-spirited people have expressed interest in serving the people of North Carolina, and I look forward to building a team that will continue to move our state forward.”
Those appointed to be committee chairs include local and county officials, former state leaders and private sector executives.
The transition team has received more than 2,000 applications to join the administration and will begin to conduct interviews over the coming days.
Here is a list of those chairing committees for the Stein transition team:
- Jonathan Garfield – New Hanover County Commissioner
- Sarah Bolton – Managing Principal, The Raben Group
- Laura Brewer – Deputy Chief of Staff, NC Department of Justice
- Janice Cole – Hertford County Manager
- Avery Crump – Guilford County District Attorney
- Kindl Detar – Public Protection Section Director, NC Department of Justice
- Tracy Doaks – President and CEO, MCNC
- Libba Evans – former Secretary, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources
- Reg Henderson – Vice President of Government Relations, Lowe’s
- Michell Hicks – Chief, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
- Frankie Jones – Vice President and Managing Director, Lincoln Financial Group
- Lee Lilley – Director of Economic and Pandemic Recovery, State of North Carolina
- Chuck McGrady – former State Senator and Sierra Club President
- Sam Metzler – Executive Vice President of Retail Operations, Quality Oil
- Stella Patterson – Raleigh Police Chief
- Charlie Perusse – former State Budget Director
- Gerald Roach – Firm Chair, Smith Anderson
- Sallie Shuping-Russell – former Managing Director, BlackRock
- Sepi Saidi – Board Member, TranSystems
- Shinica Thomas – Chair, Wake County Commission