Wake County School-to-Career Council Leadership Team
The School-to-Career Council Leadership Team manages the affairs of the Council. The Leadership Team assures that strategies recommended for implementation of the Council's plan are delivered by the agency best prepared to provide the service.
Membership
The Leadership Team is comprised of representatives from the Wake County Public School System and from business and industry. At least 51 percent of the members of the Leadership Team are from a business, agency, or organization other than the school system.
- School System Members
- School-to-Career Coordinator
- Business Alliance Coordinator
- Director of Career - Technical Education
- Associate Superintendent for Instructional Services
- Director of Communications
- Director of Continuous Improvement and Professional Development
Each of these members may substitute a suitable replacement.
- Business/Agency/Organization Members
- The leaders of each of the six standing committees.
- Senior VP Curriculum Education, Wake Technical Community College
- Other members as deemed necessary.
School-to-Career Council Leadership Team Members
Bill Seyler | School-to-Career Council Chairperson | |
Joy Frankoff | School-to-Career Council Member at Large | |
Brent Henry | CPET Leaders Chair | North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service - Wake County Center |
Jerry O'Connor | Business Alliance Leadership Team Chair | |
John Defazio | Career Academy Advisory Board Leaders Chair | |
Tom Oxholm | Member at Large | |
Drew Moretz | Member at Large | |
Mark Gibson | Member at Large | |
Donna Hargens | Superintendent's Representative | |
David Rockefeller | CTE Director | |
Chip Sudderth | Communication Specialist | |
Chris Droessler | School-to-Career Coordinator | |
Megan Kirkpatrick | Business Alliance Coordinator |
Wake County Public School System programs are staffed and offered without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, political affiliation, or disability.




