1989 – 1991: Rodney Tart of Harnett County Public Utilities
1991 – 1993: Pete Post of the Town of Montreat
1993 – 1995: Marty Wilson of the City of Graham
1995 – 1997: Henry Waldroup of the City of Concord
1997 – 1999: Ron McGrady of Mulberry-Fairplains Water
1999 – 2001: Wayne Jenkins of Northampton County Water
2001 – 2003: Mervis Joyner of Bell Arthur Water Corporation
2003 – 2005: Eddie Coltrain of Wayne Water Districts
2005 – 2007: Earl Newman of the Town of Laurel Park
2007 – 2009: Gregg Stabler of Davidson Water, Inc.
2009 – 2011: David Wortman of Icard Water Corporation
2011 – 2013: Macon Robertson of Warren County Public Utilities
2013 – Present: Neil Carpenter of Maggie Valley Sanitary District
Executive Directors
1977 – 1981: Paul Gosnell (Mr. Gosnell was titled Program Manager as
the titles of Administrator and Executive Director were not added until
later for the position)
1981 – 1994: Roger Swann
1994 – 1997: Sammy Boyette
1997 – 1998: Robert (Bob) Schley
1998 – 2002 Sammy Boyette
2002 – 2004: Jim Higdon
2004 – 2007: Dean Gaster
2007 – Present: Daniel Wilson, PE
Concluding, one question is regularly asked by our members: “Why is
NCRWA based in Welcome, NC?”
Davidson Water, Inc. (also based in Welcome, NC) took a very
instrumental role in the foundation of NCRWA. Given the centralized
and accessible location of Welcome in the state along with the generosity
of Davidson Water to, first, house NCRWA’s offices in their facility for
a brief period and later to assist in locating a nearby office for NCRWA,
the Association sprouted its roots there and never let go. Welcome,
today, still represents the rural atmosphere of many of our members
and has continued to be an outstanding location for our headquarters.
As NCRWA grew, we later purchased our current office building in
Welcome and have continued to thrive in service to our members.
NCRWA has worked hard for the past few years to archive our
history. However, like many organizations, our early days were less
documented than recent years. If you have information pertaining to the
early days of NCRWA, we would enjoy capturing this information. This
would include photos, magazines from pre-1991, award information,
or anything else that you may have related to the history of NCRWA.
So send us your story about the early days so that it can be cherished
for generations to come. You can mail the information to our office or
email it to
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