Gov. Bev Perdue has picked Greensboro lawyer Michael S. Fox to succeed J. Douglas Galyon in the Division 7 seat on the state Board of Transportation.
Fox, a former member of the Greensboro Planning Board, contributed $2,500 to Perdue’s campaign in 2007 and 2008. He also backed Perdue’s predecessor, Mike Easley, with contributions totaling $5,500 between 1996 and 2004.
Once his name is reviewed by members of a legislative oversight committee, Fox is expected to join 10 other Perdue appointees on the 19-member board. One seat is vacant, an at-large position dedicated to rural transportation needs previously held by Louis W. Sewell Jr. of Jacksonville, who resigned in 2008.
