PRESS RELEASE from Hillary Clinton for President

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 9, 2008

 

Contact: North Carolina Press Office

 

North Carolina for Hillary Announces Statewide Leadership Council

 

The North Carolina for Hillary Campaign today announced its statewide Leadership Council. The list is comprised of over 160 elected officials and community leaders from 23 counties across the state. They join prominent North Carolinians General Hugh Shelton and Maya Angelou in their support of Senator Clinton.

 

“We are supporting Senator Clinton because we believe she will be the best president for North Carolina and for this country,” said former Democratic Party Chair Tom Hendrickson. “She understands the issues facing voters in North Carolina and has strong plans to boost our economy and rebuild the middle class. We will work aggressively over the next month to share Senator’s Clinton bold vision for the future of our country with voters across the Tar Heel State.”

 

 

North Carolina for Hillary Leadership Council

 

Buncombe County

·        Marie Colton, Former Speaker Pro Tempore, North Carolina House of Representatives - Asheville

·        Susan C. Fisher, State Representative - Asheville

·        Tommye Saunooke, Member, Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - Asheville

·        Alan Thornburg, Former Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals - Asheville

 

Carteret County

·        G. Malcolm Fulcher, Former State Representative

·        Hugh Wilde, Chair, Carteret County Democratic Party

 

Cleveland County

·        Betsy Wells, Former Chair, Cleveland County Democratic Party - Kings Mountain

 

Cumberland County

·        Debbie Liebers, Community Leader

·        Tom Macon, Former Officer, American Postal Workers Union (APWU) - Fayetteville

·        Becky Wallace, Former U.S. Marshall - Fayetteville

 

Durham County         

·        Renu Annechiarico, Former Owner, Royal Thai Restaurant - Durham

·        Tony Arias, Business Leader - Durham

·        Mandy Carter, Community Organizer - Durham

·        Alex Huang, Professor - Durham

·        Jing Leng, Researcher - Durham

·        Charles Sanders, Former CEO, Glaxo  - Durham

 

Forsyth County

·        Bert Bennett, Entrepreneur - Winston-Salem

·        Janet Bennett, Community Leader - Winston-Salem

·        John Bennett, Business Leader - Winston-Salem

·        Kimberly Clark, PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Wake Forest University - Winston-Salem

·        Tom Lambeth, Chair, North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. - Winston-Salem

·        Ashley O. Thrift, Attorney - Winston-Salem

·        Dr. Julianne Thrift, Former President, Salem College - Winston-Salem

·        Emily Herring Wilson, Writer - Winston-Salem

 

Gaston County

·        Julia Dolley, Community Leader - Gastonia

·        Steve Dolley, Former State Representative - Gastonia

 

Granville County

·        Tom McGee, Former Town Manager - Butner

 

Guilford County

·        Linda Carlisle, Community Leader - Greensboro

·        Kay Cashion, Vice Chair, Guilford County Commission - Franklin

·        Sallie Cone, Community Leader - Greensboro

·        John Covington Overfield, Attorney - Greensboro

·        Linda Hiatt, Community Leader - Greensboro

·        Randall Kaplan, Business Leader - Greensboro

·        Julie Lapham, PhD, Non Profit Director - Greensboro

·        James F. Morgan, Former State Representative - High Point

·        Peter Reichard, Managing Director, Tryon Capital - Greensboro

·        Susan Shore Schwartz, Executive Director, Cemala Foundation - Greensboro

 

Harnett County

·        Robert Morgan, Former U.S. Senator - Buies Creek

·        Katie Morgan - Buies Creek

 

Johnston County

·        Allen Wellons, Former State Senator - Smithfield

 

Lincoln County

·        Judy Gilbert, Former Chair, Lincoln County Democratic Party

 

Mecklenburg County

·        Jim Babb, Retired Communications Specialist - Charlotte

·        Bishop George Edward Battle Jr.- Charlotte

·        Mark Bernstein, Attorney and Former Chair of North Carolina Economic Development Board - Charlotte

·        Maria Boral, Community Leader - Charlotte

·        Crandall Bowles, Chair, The Springs Company - Charlotte

·        Susan Burgess, Mayor Pro Tem, Charlotte City Council, Super Delegate, and President of the North Carolina League of Municipalities - Charlotte

·        Mark Calloway, Former U.S. Attorney - Charlotte

·        Astrid Chirinos, Multi-cultural & Workforce Development - Charlotte

·        Daniel G. Clodfelter, State Senator

·        Jill Dinwiddie, Community Leader - Charlotte

·        Mark Erwin, Former U.S. Ambassador - Charlotte

·        Alejandra Elliot, Educator - Charlotte

·        Jill Flynn, Business Leader - Charlotte

·        Sarah Belk Gambrell - Charlotte

·        Alvaro & Hilda Gurdian, Community Leaders - Charlotte

·        Bridget-Anne Hampden, Former Managing Director and Chief Information Officer, Corporate and Investment Banking Group, Wachovia Corporation - Charlotte

·        Bernie Hargadon, Community Leader - Charlotte

·        Stella Hastie, Educator - Charlotte

·        Cammie Harris, Business Leader and Former Chair of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party - Charlotte

·        Parks Helms, Mecklenburg County Commissioner - Charlotte

·        Ashley Hogewood, Attorney and Former Chair of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools - Charlotte

·        Mary Klenz, Community Leader - Charlotte

·        Hugh McColl, Retired Chairman, Bank of America - Charlotte

·        Louise McColl, Business Leader - Charlotte

·        Violeta Moser, Marketing Consultant - Charlotte

·        Cyndee Patterson, Former Member of the Charlotte City Council and Former Mayor Pro Tem of Charlotte - Charlotte

·        Pat Patton, First Vice Chair, Mecklenburg County Democratic Party - Charlotte

·        Dolores Peregrino, Nurse - Charlotte

·        Jose Posada, President, College Democrats, UNC Charlotte - Charlotte

·        Betty Rash, Community Leader - Charlotte

·        Jennifer Roberts, Chair, Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners - Charlotte

·        Ruth Shaw, Former CEO, Duke Power - Charlotte

·        Brenda Stevenson, Pastor, New Outreach Christian Center - Charlotte

·        Robert Stolz, CEO, Wurth Group North America and Former Chairman of the North Carolina Economic Development Board - Charlotte

·        Johnny C. Taylor Jr, President & CEO, Black Web Enterprises Inc. - Charlotte

 

 

Montgomery County

·        Robert Jordan, Former North Carolina Lt. Governor - Mt. Gilead

 

New Hanover County

·        Frank Block, Former State Senator - Wrightsville Beach

·        Wendy Block, Community Leader - Wrightsville Beach

·        Julia Boseman, State Senator - Wilmington

·        W.M. Mullinix, Sr., North Carolina Aeronautical Council - Wilmington

·        Scott Warner, Community Leader - Wilmington

 

Orange County

·        Jan Allen, Co-Founder of North Carolina Lillian's List - Chapel Hill

·        Noel Bynam, Student Leader - Chapel Hill

·        Mike Nelson, Orange County Commissioner - Hillsborough

·        Hank Patterson, Attorney - Chapel Hill

·        Jane Smith Patterson, Former Secretary of North Carolina Department of Administration and Former Science & Technology Advisor to Governor Jim Hunt - Chapel Hill

·        Melisse Shaban, CEO, Chrysallis - Chapel Hill

·        Amanda Vaughn, Director, Heels for Hillary, UNC '09 - Chapel Hill

·        Rev. Harold Wallace, Retired Vice Chancellor of UNC Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill

·        Sarah West, Business Leader - Chapel Hill

 

Pitt County

·        Tom Taft, Former State Senator - Greenville

·        Allen Thomas, Land Developer and Technology Entrepreneur - Greenville

·        Dean Westmoreland, Former Chair, Cleveland County Board of Elections and Former Chair, Cleveland County Democratic Party - Greenville

 

Robeson County

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