Wilkes Community College
Dr. Gordon Burns
President
gordon.burns@wilkescc.edu

Betty Jo Burcham
Executive Assistant to the President
& Secretary to the Board
bettyjo.burcham@wilkescc.edu

PO Box 120
Wilkesboro, NC 28697

(336) 838-6112
(336) 838-6277 [Fax]
Trustee Region: 2


Board of Trustees
Name Address Phone/Email Appointed By
Term Ends
June 30
Brenda B. Anderson**
Retired Teacher
Moravian Falls Elem. School
7740 S. NC Hwy. 18
Boomer, NC 28606
336-921-3756 [H]

Wilkes County Commissioners

2011
J. Terry Bumgarner 
Owner, Bumgarner
Services
P.O. Box 1015
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
336-667-8205 [W]
336-838-2613 [H]

Wilkes County Commissioners

2010
Earl T. Eller
Retired Educator

168 Gwyn Hayes St.
N.Wilkesboro, NC 28659

336-670-3396 [H]

Governor

2009
Ted M. Hall
President
Tar Heel Oil, Inc.
P.O. Box 608
N. Wilkesboro, NC 28659

336-667-9453 [W]
336-667-1954 [H]

336-838-9312 [F]

Board of Education
2009

Paul E. Howell 
Window Clerk
North Wilkesboro Post Office

151 Clearview Rd.
Moravian Falls, NC 28654
336-667-7121 [W]
336-921-2204 [H]
Board of Education
2010
Dr. Suzanne M. Irwin** 
Retired Superintendent
Alleghany County Schools
307 Irwin Valley Rd.
Sparta, NC 28675
336-372-4401 [H]

Alleghany County Commissioners

2011
Dick Johnston
President
Mountain Resource Co.
CHAIRMAN
P.O. Box 1426
N. Wilkesboro, NC 28659
336-667-1034 [W]
336-667-4571 [H]

Wilkes County Commissioners

2009

Arnold N. Lakey 

Retired Executive

Lowe's Co., Inc.

192 E. Magnolia Rd.

N. Wilkesboro, NC 28659

336-838-4676

Board of Education

2008

Jack A. Martin
Retired Executive
NAPCO, Inc.

1071 Memorial Park Dr.
Sparta, NC 28675
336-372-4092 [H]

Alleghany County Commissioners

2009
W.H. McElwee III 
Attorney
McElwee Firm, PLLC
906 Main St.
N. Wilkesboro, NC 28659

336-838-1111 [W]
336-921-2727 [H]

336-838-5069 [F]

Governor
2008

Katrina V. Miller  
Retired Executive

Ashe County Schools

P.O. Box 147

West Jefferson, NC 28694

336-982-5731 [H]

Ashe County Commissioners

2008
Larry D. Rhodes
Retired Executive
Sara Lee
250-C Oakwoods Rd.
W. Jefferson, NC 28694
336-846-9047 [H]

Ashe County Commissioners

2010
Larry D. Stone** 
Senior Executive Vice-President
VICE CHAIRMAN
149 Partridge Lane
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
704-758-2545 [W]
336-903-8965 [H]

Wilkes Board
of Education

2011
Ray S. Triplett 
Retired., Executive
DML Lineberry
1649 Skyland Drive
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
336-667-6007 [H]

Wilkes County Commissioners

2008
Joe V. Ware**
Retired Educator
207 Cedar Lane
N. Wilkesboro, NC 28659
336-838-2008 [H]

Governor

2011
N. Susan Whittington
Financial Planner
P.O. Box 336
N. Wilkesboro, NC 28659

336-670-2888 [W]
336-667-2340 [H]

336-670-2898 [F]

Governor
2010
Enrique Antonio Rubio-Reyes*
SGA President

702 Edgewood Road
Wilkesboro, NC 28697

336-838-4101 [H] Ex Officio 

* New Trustees
** Reappointed Trustees

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