Following is a roundup of useful sources for North Carolina journalists, organized alphabetically by beat. Email rolodex suggestions to jaymiebaxleync@gmail.com.
Agriculture
N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Andrea Ashby | Director
Phone: 919-707-3000
Email: andrea.ashby@ncagr.gov
N.C. FFA Association
Daniel Toole | State President (Term expires July 20, 2019)
Phone: 919-515-4206
Email: ncffa.dtoole@gmail.com
Business
Better Business Bureau of North Carolina
Alyssa Gutierrez | Director of Communications
Phone: 919-277-4220
Email: agutierrez@raleigh.bbb.org
Business North Carolina (Magazine)
David Mildenberg | Editor
Phone: 704-523-4417
Email: dmildenberg@businessnc.com
N.C. Department of Commerce
Beth Gargan | Deputy Secretary for Communications and External Affairs
Phone: 919-814-4610
Email: beth.gargan@nccommerce.com
N.C. Small Business Center Network
Anne Shaw | State Director
Phone: 910-545-3679
Email: shawa@coastalcarolina.edu
Education
North Carolina Association of Educators
Rachelle Johnson | Executive Director
Phone: 800-662-7924 Ext. 202
Email: rachelle.johnson@ncae.org
N.C. Community College System
Brian Long | Executive Director of Public Affairs
Phone: 919-807-6962
Email: longb@nccommunitycolleges.edu
N.C. Education Lottery
Van Denton | Communications Director
Phone: 919-301-3308
Email: Robert.Denton@lotterync.net
University of North Carolina System
Jason Tyson | Director of Media Relations
Phone: 919-962-7296
Email: jtyson@northcarolina.edu
Environment
Clean Air Carolina
June Blotnick | Executive Director
Phone: 704-877-6405
Email: june@cleanaircarolina.org
Environment North Carolina
Drew Ball | Staff Director
Phone: 919-833-0015
Email: dball@environmentnorthcarolina.org
N.C. Conservation Network
Brian Powell | Communications Director
Phone: 919-857-4699 Ext.109
Email: powell@ncconservationnetwork.org
N.C. WARN
Kristen L. Wills | Staff Attorney
Phone: 919-416-5077
Email: Kristen@ncwarn.org
Southern Environmental Law Center of North Carolina
Kathleen Sullivan | Senior Program Communications Manager
Phone: 919-967-1450
Email: ksullivan@selcnc.org
Health
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Laura Eberhard | Communications Specialist
Phone: 919-765-4951
Email: laura.eberhard@bcbsnc.com
National Alliance on Mental Illness of North Carolina
Deby Dihoff | Executive Director
Phone: 919-788-0801 Ext. 4752
Email: ddihoff@naminc.org
N.C. Health News (nonprofit)
Rose Hoban | Editor
Phone: 919-295-6246
Email: editor@northcarolinahealthnews.org
Recovery Centers of North Carolina
Terri Conyers | Statewide Manager of Community Relations
Phone: 919-231-0248
Email: info@rcnc.org
LGBTQ
Equality N.C.
Ben Graumann | Director of Communications
Email: bgraumann@equalitync.org
Phone: 919-829-0343 Ext. 117
N.C. Gay + Lesbian Film Festival
Jana Faigen | Senior Director of Operations
Phone: 919-560-3040
Email: jana@carolinatheatre.org
Politics
League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Janet Hoy | Co-President
Phone: 858-688-6646
Email: lwvjhoy@gmail.com
Karen Bean | Co-President
Phone: 704-596-4689
Email: beank@bellsouth.net
N.C. Board of Elections
Patrick Gannon | Public Information Officer
Phone: 919-814-0765
Email: patrick.gannon@ncsbe.gov
N.C. Democratic Party
Sarah Flowers | Deputy Press Secretary
Phone: 919-821-2777
Email: sarahflowers@ncdemocraticparty.org
N.C. GOP
Jeff Hauser | Communications Director
Phone: 919-828-6423
Email: Jeff.hauser@ncgop.org
N.C. Policy Watch
Rob Schofield | Executive Director
Phone: 919-861-2065
Email: rob@ncpolicywatch.com
Poverty
Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina
Jessica Slider Whichard | Senior Manager for Communications
Phone: 919-865-3050
Email: jwhichard@foodbankcenc.org
Gene R. Nichol
Author of “The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina” (2018)
Phone: 919-962-5928
Email: gnichol@email.unc.edu
N.C. Coalition to End Homelessness
Denise Neunaber | Executive Director
Phone: 919-755-4393
Email: info@ncceh.org
North Carolina Justice Center
Julia Hawes | Director of Communications
Phone: 919-856-2570
Email: julia@ncjustice.org
Public Safety
Frank R. Baumgartner
Author of “Suspect Citizens” (2018)
Phone: 919-962-3041
Email: fbaum@email.unc.edu
N.C. Department of Insurance
Marla Sink | Deputy Commissioner for Communications
Phone: 919-807-6017
Email: marla.sink@ncdoi.gov
N.C. Division of Prisons
John Bull | Communications Officer
Phone: 984-255-6021
Email: john.bull@ncdps.gov
Sheriff’s Association
Sheriff James E. Clemmons Jr. | President
Phone: 910-895-3232
Email: james.clemmons@richmondnc.com
State Highway Patrol
Sgt. Michael Baker | Public Information Officer
Phone: 919-733-5027
Email: michael.d.baker@ncdps.gov
Sgt. Christopher Knox | Public Information Officer
Phone: 919-733-5027
Email: christopher.knox@ncdps.gov
State Bureau of Investigation
Anjanette (Angie) Grube | Public Information Director
Phone: 980-781-3049
Email: sbimedia@ncsbi.gov
Race
Latin Americans Working for Achievement (Charlotte)
Ana Silva Rey | Executive Director
Phone: 704-552-1003
Email: lawa@lawanc.org
NAACP of North Carolina
Joy Cook | Media Contact
Phone: 336-417-1112
Email: media@naacpnc.org
N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs
Gregor Richardson | Executive Director
Phone: 919-807-4440
Email: greg.richardson@doa.nc.gov
Science
North Carolina Biosciences Organization
Sam Taylor | President
Phone: 919-281-8960
Email: staylor@ncbioscience.net
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Jonathan Pishney | Head of Communications
Phone: 919-707-8083
Email: jonathan.pishney@naturalsciences.org
Transportation
AAA Carolinas
Tiffany Wright | Public Relations Manager
Phone: 704-737-8306
Email: tmwright@mailaaa.com
N.C. Department of Transportation
Nicole Meister | Director of Communications
Phone: 919-707-2674
Email: ndmeister@ncdot.gov
