Easley, Michael. Press Release, 2001-05, Governor's Education First Task Force

GOVERNOR’S EDUCATION FIRST TASK FORCE Chairs Dr. Willie Gilchrist, Superintendent of Halifax County Schools Krista Tillman, President of BellSouth NC and President of NC Business Committee for Education Mike Ward, State Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction Members Sen. Bill Martin, Chair of the HHS Appropriations Committee, Vice Chair of the Committee on Children and Member of the Senate Education Committee Rep. Donald Bonner, Co-Chair of the House Education Committee George Sweat, Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Richard Stevens, Former Wake County Manager Tom Lambeth, Former Executive Director of Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fcrrcl Guillory, Director of the Program on Southern Politics, Media, Public Life at UNC Pam Seamans, Chair of Covenant with North Carolina's Children H. Leon Hollcman, Educational Consultant Bishop George E. Battle, Jr., Bishop of the Eastern North Carolina Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Bonnie Wright, Program Director of the Maureen Joy Charter School in Durham Tannis Nelson, President of the Association of PTAs Edgar Murphy, Vice President for Community Relations at Nortel Networks Darlccn Johns, President of Alphanumeric Systems Clark Plexico, Chair of NCCBI Education Committee Joe Stanley, Member of the Rural Economic Development Center Executive Committee Norma Sermon-Boyd, Superintendent of Jones County Jim Causby, Superintendent of Johnston County Gary Steppe, Superintendent of Cherokee County Bill McNeal, Superintendent of Wake County Kerry Crutchfield, Chief Finance Officer for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Charles Coble (representing Molly Broad), Vice President for School Programs in the UNC System Dcloris Parker (representing Martin Lancaster), Vice President of Academic and Student Services for the NC Community College System Don Cameron, President of Guilford Technical Community College Eddie Davis, Former Member of the State Board of Education Terry Grecnlund, “AVID” Program Coordinator for Chapel Hill/Carrboro Schools John Modest, Principal at Southeast Raleigh High School Maria Pctrca, Principal at Collingswood Elementary School in Charlotte Sarah Pratt, McDowell County Personnel Director, Former NC Teacher of the Year Anthony Rolle, Professor and School Finance Analyst at North Carolina State University Zoc Locklear, Dean of Education at UNC-Pembroke, and State Board of Education Member Leonard Peace, Chair of the Granville County School Board, President of the School Boards Association Staff Public School Forum (John Doman) Educational Research Council (Charles Thompson) Business Committee for Education (Dave Mosley) SERVE (Jack Sanders)