Commissioner Bryan Named Vice Chair of National Transportation Committee

10/20/2006

National Association of Counties’ (NACo) President Colleen Landkamer, Commissioner, Blue Earth County, Minn., has appointed Wake County Commissioner Joe Bryan as vice chair of NACo’s Transportation Steering Committee.

In addition, NACo Board of Directors member – and past president – Commissioner Betty Lou Ward was reappointed to the Sustainable Leadership Team and the Arts and Culture Commission; and Commissioner Kenn Gardner was reappointed to the Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee, the Large Urban County Caucus, and the Watershed Management Advisory Committee. Ward, a member of the Board of Directors since 2000, was NACo president in 1998-99 and served six years as chair of the Arts and Culture Commission.

NACo’s Transportation Steering Committee is responsible for all matters pertaining to comprehensive transportation planning; rights-of-way; highway finance and safety; public transit development and finance; airport development; railroads; waterways; and research and development of new modes of transportation. Bryan served previously on NACo’s Human Services and Education Steering Committee.

"NACo is pleased and grateful that Commissioners Bryan, Ward and Gardner will help lead us in our efforts to ensure that the priorities and needs of the nation’s counties are heard in Washington, D.C.," Landkamer said.

Bryan, who was first elected to the Board of Commissioners in 2002, is vice chair of the County’s Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee and a member of Budget, Finance and Education Committee.

Ward, who was first elected to the Board of commissioners in 1988, chairs the County’s Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee and is a member of the Human and Community Services Committee.

Gardner, who was first elected to the Board of Commissioners in 2000, chairs the Human and Community Services Committee and is a member of the Growth, Land Use and Environment Committee.

With headquarters on Capitol Hill, NACo is the only national organization that represents county governments. With an all-time record of more than 2,100 member counties, the association serves as a national advocate for counties, acts as a liaison with other levels of government and provides counties with resources to help them find innovative methods to serve the public.

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