Commissioner Profiles
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District 1
Joe Bryan
206 Maplewood Drive
Knightdale, NC 27545
Wake County: 919-856-5575
e-mail: joe.bryan@wakegov.com |
Elected: 2002
Reelected: 2006
Sworn in: December 2006 (second term)
Term expires: December 2010
PROFESSIONAL
Currently: First Vice President/Investments, one of the largest brokerage companies in the country, 1980–present
REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
- Chair, Wake County Board of Commissioners – 2005, 2008
- Chairman, Transportation Advisory Committee, CAMPO, 2002–present
- President-Elect, 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, 2009
- Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee – 2004, 2007
- Human Services Board – 2003
- Capital Area Preservation – Board of Directors – 2003–2006
- Raleigh-Wake Interlocal Committee 2003–2008
PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Trustee, Wake Education Partnership, 2005–2008
- 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
- Order of the Long Leaf Pine
- Tar Heel of the Week
- 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
- 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; two granddaughters
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