James West

2004 Osbourne Court
Raleigh, NC 27604
Wake County: 919-856-5573
Phone: 919-856-5573
Fax: 919-856-5699
Appointed: 2010
Elected: 2012
Re-elected: 2016, 2018, 2020
Term expires: December 2024
Health & Human Services Committee Chair
Professional
- 1995–Present
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh, NC- Director of County Operations Emeritus
- 1995–Present
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh, NC- Associate Tenured Professor Emeritus
- 1995–Present
J WEST ASSOCIATES, INC., Raleigh, NC- Consultant
Select Workshops:- Program Model for Planned Change, Alcorn State Univ. Extension Program (ASUEP)
- Leadership and Process Management for Continuous Quality Improvement (ASUEP)
- Conflict Management and Change, North Carolina Institute for Government
- Consultant
- 2009–Present
ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY, Lorman, MS- Adjunct Professor
Course: Special Problems in Agricultural Education (Course AN601)
- Adjunct Professor
Regional, State & National Leadership
- Raleigh City Council
- Raleigh City Council, District C Representative, 1999-2010
- Mayor Pro Tem, 2003-2010
- Committees:
- Budget & Economic Development, Co-Chair
- Law & Public Safety
- Public Works
Public Service & Community Activities
- Founder, Wake County Collaborative Partnership in Excellence in Youth Development
- Founder, Southeast Raleigh Assembly (SERA)
- Charter Member, Wake County Voter Education Coalition
- Century Club Member, Wake County Democratic Party
- Chair, Garner Schools Area Advisory Council
- Founding Co-Chair, Raleigh South Citizen Advisory Council (CAC)
- Chair, Southeast Community Land Use Planning Task Force
- President, Fred A. Smith Elementary School Parent Teacher Association
- Raleigh-Wake Citizen Association
- City of Raleigh Board of Adjustments
- Louisburg College Board of Trustees
Education
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh, NC
- Post-doctoral study, Legislative Process, 1995
- Post-doctoral study, Advanced Management, 1981
- Doctor of Education, Adult and Community College Education, 1981
- Master of Education, Adult and Community College Education, 1971
- NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY, Greensboro, NC
- Bachelor of Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, 1964