Davis Appointed to ECC Board of Trustees

Josie B. Davis (right) was recently sworn in as the newest member of the Edgecombe Community College Board of Trustees. Carol White, Edgecombe County Clerk of Court, delivered the oath of office.

Josie Brown Davis of Rocky Mount was recently appointed to a four-year term on the Edgecombe Community College Board of Trustees.

Appointed to the board by Governor Roy Cooper, Davis is a retired educator who spent 38 years as a teacher and administrator in Nash-Rocky Mount Schools and Edgecombe County Public Schools. She also worked for several years in the Weldon City School System.

Among numerous honors, she was named Edgecombe County Principal of the Year for four years, from 1991 to 1995. In 1995, she received the Wachovia Principal of the Year Award.

Davis has served on the Edgecombe Community College Foundation Board of Directors for 12 years. Other community service includes membership in the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, the Rocky Mount Historic Preservation Commission, and the Tar River Choral and Orchestra Board.

The ECC Board of Trustees has twelve members, each serving a four-year term. The Office of the Governor, the Edgecombe County Board of Education, and the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners each appoint four members.