NCAGIO

Links

NCAGIO Officers

NCAGIO's 2012 Board of Directors has been approved by the membership. Here is a listing of board members:

President: Jennifer Garifo, N.C. Department of Transportation
Vice President: Sara Clark, N.C. Department of Public Instruction
Secretary: Natalie Alford, Wake Technical Community College
Treasurer: Steve Abbott, N.C. Department of Transportation
Past President: Matt Lail, N.C. League of Municipalities
Membership Chair: Patty McQuillan, N.C. Department of Public Safety
Program Chair: Bridget Munger, N.C. Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Member-at-large: Jamie Kritzer, N.C. Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Member-at-large: Ernie Seneca, N.C. Department of Public Safety
Member-at-large: Brandon Thomas, UNC Division of Facilities Services
Member-at-large: Nathan Walls, City of Fayetteville

History

In 1968, three public information officers—Jim Burns of the N.C. Department of Social Services, Patty Nash of the Council on Mental Retardation, and Carl Blackwood of the N.C. Commission for the Blind—attended a government relations meeting at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in Washington, D.C. They returned to the Tar Heel State with an idea that public information officers needed a forum to meet each other and exchange ideas.

Later that year, a dozen PIOs met and laid the groundwork for forming an association. With the help of Dr. Elmer Oettinger at the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill, the group held its first seminar in January 1970. NCAGIO has grown and developed since that time.

Past Presidents

2011 - Matt Lail, N.C. League of Municipalities
2010 - Jamie Kritzer, N.C. Department of Environment & Natural Resources
2009 - Todd McGee, N.C. Association of County Commissioners
2008 - Sharon Brown, Wake County
2007 - Diana Kees, N.C. Department of Environment & Natural Resources
2006 - Roger Kortekaas, Mecklenburg County
2005 - Corey Root, N.C. Agency for Public Telecommunications
2004 - Brian Long, N.C. Department of Agriculture
2003 - Tom Mather, N.C. Division of Air Quality
2002 - Johanna Reese, N.C. Department of Environment & Natural Resources
2001 - Bill Poston, Wake County Public Schools
2000 - Carol Schriber, N.C. Department of Health & Human Services
1999 - Greg Cook, N.C. Department of Labor
1998 - Barbara Thompson, Governor's Press Office
1997 - Ernie Seneca, N.C. Department of Environment & Natural Resources
1996 - Kay Williams, N.C. Department of Public Instruction
1995 - Andy James, N.C. Low-level Nuclear Waste Management Authority