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Commissioner Profiles


District 5

Harold Webb - Chair

1509 Tierney Circle
Raleigh, NC 27610

Wake County: 919-856-5573

e-mail: Harold.Webb@co.wake.nc.us


Appointed: 2003
Elected: 2004
Re-elected: 2008
Sworn in: December 2008 (second term) 
Term expires: December 2012
 

PROFESSIONAL

  • Former public school teacher, principal
  • Deputy State Superintendent, N.C. Dept. of Public Instruction
  • Director, N.C. Office of State Personnel
  • Lobbyist, N.C. General Assembly
  • Consultant, The New Millennium, LLC
  • Served in the United States Army Air Force – World War II

PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • University of North Carolina Board of Governors
  • Shaw University Board of Trustees
  • Wake Technical Community College Board of Trustees
  • Wake County Planning Board Chairman, 1988
  • President, National Association of State Personnel Executives, 1984
  • Raleigh Wake Citizens Association
  • Wake County Voter Education Coalition
  • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
  • Former Sire Archon, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Gamma Sigma Boule
  • Executive Director, Charlotte Hawkins Brown Historical Foundation, Inc.
  • Treasurer, Strengthening the Black Family, Inc.
  • Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., North Carolina Chapter
  • Board of Advisors, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health
  • Southeast Raleigh Assembly
  • Vice Chair, Wake Health Services, Inc.
  • Vice Chair, North Carolina Senior Democrats, 2001
  • Vice Chair, Wake County Senior Democrats, 2002

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • Doctor of Humanities, N.C. A&T State University
  • Tar Heel of the Week, The News & Observer, 1980
  • Distinguished Service Award, St. Augustine's College and Shaw University
  • National Alumni Achievement Award, N.C. A&T State University
  • Congressional Gold Medal, Tuskegee Airmen, March 29, 2007

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor's degree, biology, N.C. A&T State University
  • Master's degree, education administration, N.C. A&T State University

PERSONAL

  • Wife, Lucille; daughter, Attorney Kaye R. Webb