
Cumberland County Chief Building Official Mike Naylor has been elected to serve as the Area 6 director for the North Carolina Building Inspector’s Association.
Naylor was nominated and elected by his peers to serve as Area 6 director. The N.C. Building Inspector’s Association is divided into geographic districts. Area 6 encompasses southeast North Carolina including Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Hoke, Jones, Lenior, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Robeson and Sampson counties.
As N.C. Building Inspectors Association Area 6 director, Naylor will serve as the lead representative voice in the region for:
Naylor has worked for the County for 19 years and has a double master’s degree in Pastoral Counseling and Theology. Naylor is certified as an NC Level III Electrical Inspector, NC Level III Plumbing Inspector, NC Level II Mechanical Inspector, NC Level I Building Inspector and an NC Level II Fire Inspector. He is also a graduate of the Cumberland County Leadership Academy.
“As Director, I am excited for this opportunity for Mike and his career,” said Planning and Inspections Director Rawls Howard in a press release. “I am equally excited at the voice it will lend to regional and statewide building industry development where Cumberland County is taking a leadership role.”
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