Keith Sutton was sworn into office as the newest member of the Wake County Board of Education on August 18.
Sutton’s daughters Alexia and Makayla held the Bible on which Sutton placed his hand as he repeated the oath administered by Justice James A. Wynn, Jr. of the NC Court of Appeals.
Earlier, Alexia and Makayla led those assembled for the board meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance. Pastor J.J. Wilkins, Jr. of Wake Chapel Church in Raleigh offered the invocation. Sutton’s parents and a nephew were there to watch.
Sutton fills the District 4 seat on the Board of Education left vacant when Rosa Gill was named to the NC House of Representatives.
Sutton has served as a member of the Wake County Public School System’s Healthy Schools Task Force. He has served as a member of the school system’s Raising Achievement Closing Gaps Task Force. He was a member of the Blue Ribbon Panel on the Future of Wake County sponsored by the Wake County Board of Commissioners, Wake County Mayor’s Association and the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.
Sutton works as the Legislative Affairs Program Manager for the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Prior to that, he worked as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Triangle Urban league.
He has held other political and leadership positions in the community.
Sutton takes the Oath of Office to become a member of the Wake County Board of Education.