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Names in the News
Easley
names Robert Powell as state controller
Gov.
Mike Easley has nominated Robert L. Powell, currently
the deputy state budget officer, to serve as state controller,
the person who acts as the state’s chief financial officer.
Powell, whose appointment must be confirmed by the General
Assembly, is a career state government manager with 28 years
of service who has worked since 1992 at deputy state budget
officer.
Powell has
worked with the State Budget Office in a variety of roles for
more than 20 years and has served as a budget analyst for
higher education and capital improvements. He has also served
as a budget administrator for administrative services, capital
improvements, salary control, retirement and health issues,
federal funds and statewide publications.
"I am confident that Robert Powell is the right choice
for this post," said Easley. "His state government
experience, budgeting expertise and accounting skills will
make him an effective manager for the state's fiscal
resources. Most importantly, his ties to the State Budget
Office will ensure a close working relationship between the
two agencies and will allow him to aggressively pursue
continued implementation of the statewide accounting system
that the current Controller has begun."
Powell is a
1971 graduate of Atlantic Christian College (now Barton
College) in Wilson, N.C. He did post graduate work in the Duke
University Public Managers Program and the Federal Executive
Institute in Charlottesville, VA. He has two children and he
and his wife Terry reside in Raleigh. He currently
serves as the president for the National Association of State
Budget Officers.
The State Controller ensures proper financial reporting and
accounting of all state agencies and institutions by providing
leadership, guidance and consulting in all accounting matters.
The Office of State Controller (OSC) prescribes policies and
procedures based on proven accounting practices and standards,
along with a very effective automated accounting system -- the
North Carolina Accounting System (NCAS) -- to support agency
and central management requirements. OSC is also responsible
for a comprehensive cash management program, operation of a
centralized payroll system serving a majority of state
agencies, and the administration of a statewide appropriation
and allotment process.
 Gov. Mike Easley
has appointed five members to the North Carolina State Board
of Elections. Easley appointed Charles Winfree of
Greensboro, an attorney with the firm of Winfree & Winfree
since 1989; Lorraine Shinn of Greenville, a realtor and
broker for Duffus Realty - GMAC Real Estate since 1995; and Genevieve
Sims of Raleigh, an attorney in private practice since
1987. Easley reappointed Rose Vaughn Williams of
Goldsboro, a partner with the law firm of Dees, Smith, Powell,
Jarrett, Dees, and Jones since 1994 and Larry Leake of
Mars Hill, a partner with the law firm of Harrell and Leake
since 1980. State Board of Elections members have the
authority to make rules and regulations for the conduct of
elections, provide election laws to the county and municipal
board elections, and appoint all of the members to the county
boards of elections. The members serve four-year terms.
Treasurer Richard Moore has hired Mike Barham as
controller of the Department of State Treasury. Barham is now
the controller at the Department of Crime Control and Public
Safety. Moore is proposing to have Barham's job and salary
upgraded to a deputy treasurer/chief financial officer. Barham
was hired during Moore's tenure as secretary of that
department. Meanwhile, Moore named Katherine Kirkman,
formerly producer of the “North Carolina Now” show on UNC-TV,
as Treasury’s director of public affairs. Kirkman also spent
four years as a news producer at WXLV-TV in Winston-Salem.
Kirkman is a native of Greensboro and is a UNC-G graduate.
Michael Williamson, deputy state treasurer and director
of the state retirement systems, has received the National
Management Association's Silver Knight of Management Award.
The Silver Knight is the association's highest award and is
given to a senior executive in recognition of
"exceptional leadership, integrity, honorable conduct,
and an inspirational model to other members of
management."
Daytona Beach's Westside Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant,
which recently underwent a $17 million expansion and upgrade
designed by McKim & Creed, has won the "2001
Excellence in Construction Award" given by the Florida
Gulf Coast Chapter of the Associated Builders and
Contractors. McKim
& Creed, a multidisciplinary design firm headquartered
in Wilmington, provided design, engineering, planning, and
construction administration services for the upgrade and
expansion of Westside Regional.
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