NCRR board adds five members
Written by jrood
The North Carolina Railroad Company has elected five new directors to its 13-member board, with terms officially commencing July 1, 2011. The directors appointed by Senate President Pro-Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) are Duane Long of Wake County who is the chairman and co-founder of Longistics and Franklin Rouse of Brunswick County who is the owner of Franklin Rouse State Farm Agency. The directors appointed by Speaker of the House Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) are George Rountree of New Hanover County who is the senior partner and attorney of Rountree, Losee & Baldwin L.L.P. and Walter LaRoque of Lenoir County who is the president of LaRoque Real Estate Operations, Management Group, Inc., East Carolina Development Company, Inc., and the Piedmont Development Company in Kinston, N.C. Tillis also appointed James Powell of Alamance County who is the former president, chief executive officer and director of Laboratory Corp of America.
