Commissioner Profiles


District 1

Joe Bryan - Chair

206 Maplewood Drive
Knightdale, NC 27545

Wake County: 919-856-5575

e-mail: joe.bryan@co.wake.nc.us

Elected: 2002
Reelected: 2006
Sworn in: December 2006 (second term)
Term expires: December 2010

PROFESSIONAL


Currently: First Vice President/Investments, Wachovia Securities, 1980-present 
 

REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

  • Chair, Wake County Board of Commissioners – 2005, 2008
  • Chairman, Transportation Advisory Committee, CAMPO, 2002-present
  • Second Vice President, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners Board of Directors – present
  • Vice Chair, National Association of Counties Transportation Committee – 2006-present
  • Board of Directors, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, 2004-present
  • Vice Chair, Wake County Board of Commissioners – 2004
  • Board of Directors, N.C. League of Municipalities, 2001
  • Chairman, Triangle J Council of Governments, 1996-97
  • Mayor of Knightdale, 1995-2002
  • Knightdale Town Council, 1987-95
  • President, Wake County Mayors Association, 2000
  • Growth, Land Use and Environment Committee – Chairman, 2004
  • Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee – 2004, 2007
  • Human Services Board – 2003
  • Capital Area Preservation – Board of Directors – 2003-2006
  • Raleigh-Wake Interlocal Committee 2003-present

PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • Trustee, Wake Education Partnership,  2005-present
  • Board member, Alice Aycock Poe Health Education Center, 2005-present 
  • Founder, Education First, 2000
  • United Arts Leadership Board, 1998-99
  • WakeMed Champions, 1996-2004
  • Founding board member, East Wake Education Foundation, 1993
  • Active member, Knightdale Baptist Church, 1987-present
  • Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, 1975-80

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Alice Aycock Poe Health Education Center Distinguished Service Award, 2007
  • Regional Transportation Champion, Regional Transportation Alliance, 2005
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Wake County Public Schools Light of Hope honoree, 2001 
  • Tar Heel of the Week
  • Order of the Long Leaf Pine
  • Knightdale Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year
  • Navy Commendation and Achievement Medals

EDUCATION

  • Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, County Leadership Institute, 2005 
  • Master's degree in business, Central Michigan University, 1980
  • Bachelor's degree in industrial relations, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1975

PERSONAL

  • Wife, Jennifer; two daughters; one granddaughter