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Transylvania County
Government
"Weaving a Tapestry of Community"
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Transylvania County Board of Commissioners
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Mike Hawkins - Chair 483 N. Country Club Road - Brevard, NC 28712 (828) 884-9732 - mihawkins@citcom.net Mike Hawkins was elected in November 2008. He is a 1975 graduate of Brevard High School and has both a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is president of Pisgah Enterprises Inc., a holding company which owns and operates residential and commercial real estate properties, and Pisgah Fish Camp restaurant in Pisgah Forest. He lives in Brevard with his wife, Claudia, who is Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Brevard Music Center. Mike and Claudia have one daughter, Allison, currently a Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has been active in numerous civic organizations, including board memberships in the Brevard-Transylvania Chamber of Commerce (board chair), the Transylvania County Tourism Development Agency (board chair), Smart Start of Transylvania County (board chair), Transylvania Partnership (board chair), Pisgah Forest Gateway Association (board chair), Pisgah Forest Rotary (president), Blue Ridge Community College, Transylvania County Library, WNC Regional Economic Development Commission (Advantage West), the Transylvania Endowment, and Trend Mental Health Agency. He coached soccer at Brevard High School for six years, and has also served four years as a church deacon. In 2011 Mike received the Duke Energy Citizenship Award, for service to Transylvania County.
Mike is current chair of the Transylvania County
Sesquicentennial Steering Committee, which is facilitating the
events of the 2011 Transylvania Sesquicentennial celebrations. |
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Larry Chapman - Vice Chair 2026 Williamson Creek Road Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 828-883-2075 Cell - 828-577-0292 - LLChapman@citcom.net Larry is a native of Transylvania County and was elected to the Board of Commissioners in November 2010. This was his first run for political office. Larry is a graduate of Brevard High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Carolina University. After graduation from Western Carolina he entered the United States Marine Corps and upon completion of Officer Candidate School was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant as an infantry officer. After completion of active duty he returned to Transylvania County with his family. He remained in the US Marine Corps Reserves and retired as a Colonel after over 30 years total service. Larry worked at the former Ecusta paper mill for over 27 years primarily in manufacturing supervision and marketing management. He traveled extensively around the world in support of the marketing and sales efforts for Ecusta. His main areas of responsibility were the Asia Pacific Area and Central and South America. Just prior to the closure of Ecusta he joined the delfortgroup which is located in Austria and has paper mills in various parts of the world. He currently provides technical support to a number of major manufacturers located in the states that use papers produced by the delfortgroup and he works from his home in Pisgah Forest.
Larry is married
to the former Jill Sheridan and has 3 grown children and two
grandchildren. His granddaughter attends Pisgah Forest
Elementary School. He is involved with a number of veteran’s
organizations and civic groups. His wife Jill is involved with
numerous local historical societies, DAR, Colonial Dames and is
chairperson of the Transylvania County Abandoned Cemetery Board.
He and his wife attend the First United Methodist Church in
Brevard. |
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Jason Chappell - PO Box 521, Rosman, NC 28772 (828) 862-6679 - jtchappell@citcom.net Jason is currently serving in his second term on the Board of Commissioners. First elected in November 2004 and re-elected in November 2008. He served as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners from 2004-2008. He and his wife Tessa have one daughter Jesse Reagan and live in the Old Toxaway Community. Both he and Tessa’s family have lived in Transylvania County for generations. Mr. Chappell graduated from Rosman High School and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Appalachian State University. Jason also completed the Vision Brevard/Transylvania Program in 2007 and is currently enrolled in Blue Ridge Community Colleges’ Inaugural class of the Blue Ridge Community College Leadership Institute. Since 2006 Jason has been recognized as a Certified Workforce Development Professional by the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals. He has worked for the Henderson County JobLink Career Center at Blue Ridge Community College since 2003 and is currently serving as the Director. Jason and his family worship at the Old Toxaway Baptist Church where he is a Deacon and Adult Sunday School Teacher. Mr. Chappell was recognized by the Governor and the North Carolina Commission on Workforce Development as the Recipient of the Wayne Daves Award for Outstanding Achievement in Workforce Development in October 2010. Prior to his election to Board of County Commissioners, Jason was twice elected to the Transylvania County Board of Education serving as Vice-Chair from 2003-2004. He has also previously served on the American Red Cross Brevard Chapter Board of Directors, Community Focus Foundation of Transylvania County and Rosman High School School Improvement Team.
Jason’s current involvement includes serving as a Advisory Board
Member of the North Carolina Christian Action League, Secretary
of the Land of Sky Regional Council and member of the Executive
Committee, member of the Transylvania County Personnel Board,
Board member of Dupont State Forest Advisory Board, member of
the Transylvania County Work First Plan Committee and various
other boards and committees. |
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Kelvin Phillips - 425 Green Road - Brevard, NC 28712 (828) 883-9218 - Kpsteelinc@gmail.com. Kelvin is currently serving in his second term on the Board of Commissioners. He was first elected in November 2004 and re-elected in November 2008. He served as Vice-Chairman for 4 years. Prior to being elected as County Commissioner, Kelvin served on the County Planning Board and also served as a member of the Transylvania County Board of Education from 1992-1996. He currently serves as the County Commission’s representative to the Board of Health. Kelvin graduated from Rosman High School and attended Western Carolina University and Blue Ridge Community College. He is the owner of KP Steel, a local business, where his son Ian and daughter Jillian work alongside him.
Kelvin
and his wife Gayla attend Amazing Grace Baptist Church where he
serves as the Sunday School Superintendent. |
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Daryle Hogsed - PO Box 566, Penrose, NC 28766 (828) 705 -1340 daryle.hogsed@gmail.com If you could not tell by his last name, Daryle is a native and lifelong resident of Transylvania County. Daryle's wife and best friend is Michelle LeQuire Hogsed and they are the proud parents of three beautiful children, Gracie, Helms, and Monroe. The Hogsed’s live in Pisgah Forest and are active members of Little River Baptist Church where Daryle serves as a Deacon and Sunday School teacher. He is a 1996 graduate of Brevard High School and a 2000 graduate of Gardner-Webb University. While at Gardner-Webb, he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Management of Information Systems. In 2005, he went on to obtain his Master of the Arts degree in American History from Western Carolina University. Currently, Daryle works in the field of Information Technology and teaches history courses on a variety of subjects for Montreat College. He enjoys playing guitar and bluegrass music with friends as time allows. Most of all, however, he enjoys spending his free time with his family. Daryle was elected to his first term on the Board of Commissioners in 2006 and is currently serving his second term to which he was elected in 2010.
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