In December, RET. COL. DONALD L. PORTER was sworn in for a four-year term on the PWC Board. He will serve as Secretary for the Board for the 2021-2022 year.
Porter replaces Darsweil Rogers in his role, who previously served on the PWC Board for eight years, ending in the fall of last year.
Porter resides in Fayetteville now, but he is a native of Norfolk County, Virginia. A graduate of Norfolk State University, he served in the military for 30 years, serving as Chief of Staff (Forward) of the Joint Logistics Support Command during Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti and, before returning in 1999, he served at Fort Bragg as Assistant Chief of Staff, G4. He then commanded the XVIII Airborne Corps Material Management Center.
After his service, Porter was the executive director of the Raeford/ Hoke County Economic Development Commission for over 20 years. He has served on a plethora of boards throughout the Fayetteville/Cumberland community, as well, such as the Cape Fear Valley Health Board of Trustees, the BB&T Advisory Board, the Cumberland Community Foundation Board, and the Airborne & Special Operations Museum Board. He was also the chairman of the Fayetteville State University Board of Trustees from 2013-2015.
Last year in April, Porter was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve on the state Judicial Standards Commission as a citizen member. He is also a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Cape Fear Chapter 100 Black Men of America and Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
This is the first year of the Veteran Business Expo, and it grew out of Fayetteville PWC’s Economic Impact Program, which focuses on expanding access and opportunity in public-sector contracting while strengthening the local economy. It builds off th
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