FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Cumberland County Commissioner W. Marshall Faircloth has been sworn in to serve on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) and will also serve as chair of the NCACC’s Tax and Finance Committee.
Faircloth was sworn in at the NCACC Board of Directors meeting held Oct. 20 – 21 in Guilford County. As a member of the Board of Directors, Faircloth will help guide the NCACC, which is the official voice of all of North Carolina’s 100 counties on issues being considered by the N.C. General Assembly, U.S. Congress and federal and state agencies. The NCACC provides expertise to counties in the areas of advocacy, research, risk management and education and leadership training.
At the Oct. 20 – 21 NCACC Board of Directors meeting, members heard a presentation on the state of the economy delivered by Dr. Mouhcine Guettabi, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and received a briefing on the association’s work assisting counties with planning for and utilizing national opioid settlement funds. Johnnie Carswell of Burke County, who was elected to serve as the 107th president of the NCACC, provided an update to the board on his presidential initiative, “One More Thing,” which is focused on empowering North Carolina counties to invest opioid settlement dollars for the greatest impact. The board also heard updates on legislative and financial matters.
“This group of County leaders will provide direction to our association, one of the few organizations in North Carolina that represents every single resident,” President Carswell said of the Board of Directors. “This is a crucial time as counties work to collaborate on addressing the overdose crisis through the use of national opioid settlement funds.”
Faircloth previously served as NCACC Board of Directors District 6 director for 2016 – 2018 and served as chairman of the NCACC’s Tax and Finance Steering Committee from 2018 – 2020.
Faircloth was elected as an at-Large member of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners in 2022. He previously served on the Board of Commissioners from 1992 – 1996, and 2008 – 2020. Faircloth has served as the board’s vice chairman four times and as chairman three times. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has worked in public accounting and financial consulting in Fayetteville since 1972.