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Chair
Ron Wesson
Term Expires:
2024
134 Ward Rd.
Windsor, NC 27983
252-794-1340
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Representing District I - Windsor 1 and
Windsor II
First elected in 2012, Commissioner Wesson is
currently serving as Chair and his third overall
term as a Bertie County Commissioner. Commissioner Wesson previously served as Chairman of the Board from 2014-2015
& 2020-2021, and as Vice Chairman in 2018 &
2022.
Full Name:
Ronald "Ron" Dean Wesson
Current Occupation:
Retired Senior
Vice-Pres. and Global Leader, The Dun &
Bradstreet Corporation. Retired after 32 years
of service
Education:
B.A. University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill - 1972
Graduate Studies - Sloan
School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Boston, Massachusetts - 1998
Selected Public Service & Community
Activities:
Board of Directors – North Carolina Association
of County Commissioners 2022-2023
2016-2017 Chairman – Tax & Finance Committee –
N.C. Assoc. of County Commissioners
2019-2020 Chairman - General Gov. Committee -
N.C. Assoc. of County Commissioners
2020-Present - President/Exec. Director -
Partners for Bertie County Public Schools (Inc.)
2016-Present - Co-Founder/Exec. Director of
Youth Bertie, Inc. (Backpack Program)
Trustee Martin Community College - Governor's
Appointee - 2019
Vice Chair - Mid East Commission
Prior Chairman - Bertie County Chamber of
Commerce
Windsor Rotary Club
Bertie-Hertford Community Foundation
Patient & Family Care
Advisory Board - Vidant Bertie
Executive Director -
Nellie Ward Wesson Scholarship Foundation
Director of Internal
Affairs - Pleasant Oak Missionary Baptist Church
Family:
Married to Dr. Patricia
W. Wesson, Local/Regional Psychiatrist
Two children, Ronald Douglas and Christina
Selected Honors or Awards Received:
2022 - Governor's Medallion Award for Volunteer
Service
2021 - Mid East Commission Chairman's Award
2016
- Rotarian of
the Year, Rotary Club of Windsor
2016 - Rotarian of the Year, District 7720
2010 - Chamber Member of the Year - Bertie
County Chamber of Commerce
2004 - 50 Most Influential Minorities in
Business - Black Enterprises Magazine
2002 - Chairman's Leadership Award - NAACP
(National)
1999 - Man of the Year - National Association of
Women Business Owners
Military Experience:
None
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