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GFBJ area locals appointed to state boards and commissions

By Staff Report, posted 2 years ago
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On Dec. 20,  Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina boards and commissions appointments, naming several local business leaders and owners within the GFBJ readership area. 

Gov. Cooper is appointing the following individuals to the newly created North Carolina Board of Barber and Electrolysis Examiners effective January 1, 2023:

Michael Tyrone Swinney of Fayetteville as a member who is a licensed barber. Swinney has been in the barbering industry for 16 years. Swinney is the franchise owner and operator of One Stop Barbershop and is the current Director of Education at One Stop Academy School of Barbering.

Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individuals to the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities:

Tocarra E. Osborne of Bladenboro as a parent/guardian of a child with developmental disabilities or immediate relative/guardian of an adult with mentally impairing developmental disabilities. Osborne is the Partnership Engagement Coordinator of Resilient Bladen in Elizabethtown.

 

Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individuals to the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Incorporated:

Rosa Maria Matthews of Lillington as a member of the party other than the Governor's party. Matthews is a Stylist Consultant at ETCETERA LLC in Lillington and also has years of experience in early childhood education.

Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission:

Dr. Alfonso Anthony Haro, III of Pinehurst as a member with knowledge in the clinical application of radiation and is a practicing licensed podiatrist. Haro is a podiatric foot and ankle surgeon for Ankle & Foot Surgical Podiatry Clinic of Westend North Carolina. He is an active member of American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Association, American Podiatric Medical Association, and the North Carolina Foot & Ankle Society.

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