Lone Easley holdover remains state's business manager
Published: Wed, Jan. 07, 2009 12:30AM
Modified Wed, Jan. 07, 2009 02:01AM
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closeRALEIGH -- Britt Cobb Jr. will keep his job as secretary of the Department of Administration.
Cobb, 59, is a longtime state government employee and the only member of Gov. Mike Easley's Cabinet who will stay on to serve Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue.
Perdue credited Cobb's years of experience and his work on converting the state's vehicle fleet to alternative fuels. She also lauded his effort to expand outreach to businesses owned by women and minorities. The administration department, which acts as the business manager for state government, has 900 employees and a budget of $175 million.
SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION
BRITT COBB JR.
AGE: 59
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in business administration, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1971. Certificate in international marketing, American Graduate School of International Management, 1976.
EXPERIENCE: Secretary of administration. Former deputy secretary of administration. Commissioner of agriculture, 2003 to 2005.
CONNECTION TO PERDUE: Cobb is a longtime state employee who has not contributed money to Perdue.
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"He continues to demonstrate his leadership and his effectiveness in helping make state government run in an efficient way," Perdue said.
Cobb previously was appointed commissioner of agriculture after then-Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps resigned amid a scandal that landed her in prison. Cobb was credited with stabilizing the department.
Cobb, a Democrat, later lost an election for agriculture commissioner to Republican Steve Troxler. Easley made him head of the administration department.
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