Applying for boards and commissions
- Apply online before the deadlines listed below. We will notify you if you're appointed.
- All applications are public records.
- The Board of Commissioners makes appointments on the the first Monday of the each month.
- Applications remain active for one year. If you aren't appointed the first time, your application will automatically be resubmitted for any new openings until it expires.
- Members must attend at least 75% of meetings.
- The schedule for openings on boards and commissions may change. Check this page for the latest listings.
- Please note: Reappointments and vacancies equal the number of open seats on advisory boards.
For more information, email Toni.Womack@wake.gov.
Apply to Serve on a Board or Commission
Openings by Month
January
Applications due by December 19, 2024
Appointments made January 6, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Alliance Health - 1 Vacancy (Commissioner appointee)
- Health and Human Services Board 2 Reappointments
- Fuquay-Varina Board of Adjustment = 1 Vacancy
- Garner Planning and Appearance Commission = 1 Vacancy (ETJ rep).
- Historic Preservation Commission = 5 Reappointments
- Housing Authority = 2 Reappointments
- JCPC = 1 Vacancy (Commissioner appointee)
- Raleigh Durham Airport Authority = 2 Reappointments
- Water Partnership = 3 Vacancies
February
Applications due by January 23, 2025
Appointments made February 3, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Fire Commission = 2 Reappointments
- Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau = 4 Reappointments
- Knightdale Board of Adjustment = 1 Reappointment
- Knightdale Land Use Review Board = 1 Reappointment
- Wake County Board of Adjustment = 1 Reappointment
- Wake County Planning Board = 4 Reappointments
- Upper Neuse River Basin Assocation = 1 Reappointment
March
Applications due February 27, 2025
Appointments made March 17, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Alliance Health = 1 Reappointment
- Energy Advisory Commission = 1 Reappointment
- Upper Neuse River Basin Assocation = 1 Reappointment
April
Applications due by March 20, 2025
Appointments made April 7, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Capital Area Workforce Development = 2 Reappointments
- Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee = 1 Reappointment
- Water Partnership = 1 Reappointment
- Wake Forest Historic Preservation Commission = 1 Reappointment
May
Applications due by April 17, 2025
Appointments made May 5, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee = 2 Reappointments
- Wake Med Hospital Board of Directors = 3 Reappointments
June
Applications due by May 15, 2025
Appointments made June 2, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Capital Area Workforce Development Board = 4 Reappointments
- Durham and Wake Counties Research and Production Service District Advisory Committee = 10 Reappointments
- Energy Advisory Commission = 7 Reappointments
- Fire Commission = 2 Reappointments
- Garner Board of Adjustment = 1 Reappointment
- Garner Planning and Appearance Commission = 1 Reappointment
- Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau = 1 Reappointment
- Juvenile Crime Prevention Council = 6 Reappointments
- Library Commission = 7 Reappointments
- Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee = 4 Reappointments
- Wake Technical Community College Board of Trustees = 1 Reappointment
- Zebulon Planning and Zoning Board = 1 Reappointment
July
Applications due by June 19, 2025
Appointments made July 7, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Board = 2 Reappointments
- Centennial Authority = 2 Reappointments
- Fire Commission = 1 Reappointment
- Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau = 1 Reappointment
- Morrisville Planning and Zoning Board = 1 Reappointment
August
Applications due by July 31, 2025
Appointments made August 18, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Agricultural Advisory Board = 1 Reappointment
- Capital Area Workforce Development Board = 4 Reappointments
- Jury Commission = 1 Reappointment
- Morrisville Planning and Zoning Board = 1 Reappointment
September
Applications due by August 14, 2025
Appointments made September 2, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Juvenile Crime Prevention Council = 1 Reappointment
October
Applications due by September 18, 2025
Appointments made October 6, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- City of Raleigh Board of Adjustment = 1 Reappointment
- Fire Commission = 6 Reappointments
November
Applications due by October 16, 2025
Appointments made November 3, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Go Triangle Board of Trustees = 2 Reappointments
- Health and Human Services Board = 2 Reappointments
- Library Commission = 1 Reappointment
- Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee = 1 Reappointment
- United Arts Grants Panel = 1 Reappointment
December
Applications due by November 13, 2025
Appointments made December 1, 2025
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Apex Board of Adjustment = 1 Reappointment
- Energy Advisory Commission = 1 Reappointment
- Fuquay-Varina Board of Adjustment = 1 Reappointment
- Fuquay-Varina Planning and Zoning Board = 1 Reappointment
- Rolesville Board of Adjustment = 1 Reappointment
- United Arts Grants Panel = 2 Reappointments
- Wake Forest Board of Adjustment = 3 Reappointments
- Yates Mill Park Advisory Board = 2 Reappointments
January 2026
Applications due by December 18, 2025
Appointments made January 5, 2026
*Vacancies for this board are:
- Housing Authority = 3 Reappointments
- Juvenile Crime Prevention Council = 3 Reappointments