Chairman Charlton Allen has been appointed for a four-year term as chairman through December 30, 2020. Yolanda Stith has been appointed as the newest commissioner. She will serve the remaining two and half years of Andrew Heath’s original term and then an additional six-year term. Of that time, she will serve a four-year term as vice chairman.

There are two new deputy commissioners. Kevin Howell will be located in Greenville, and Theodore Danchi will be located in Raleigh. The Commission also has a new administrator/COO, Charles Duckett.