On Monday, 10 men and women from North Carolina were sworn in as the newest cabinet members for state department agencies under Gov. Josh Stein’s administration.
“Now let’s get you sworn in and get to work,” said Stein at the beginning of the ceremony, which was held inside the ceremonial State Capitol in downtown Raleigh.
The move comes less than a week after Stein was sworn in as the 76th governor of North Carolina and days before his official inauguration ceremony.
The following men and women took the oath Monday in their respective roles.
- Eddie Buffaloe, Department of Public Safety
- Leslie Cooley Dismukes, Department of Adult Correction
- Joey Hopkins, Department of Transportation
- Lee Lilley, Department of Commerce
- Teena Piccione, Department of Information Technology
- Kristin Walker, Office of State Budget and Management
- D. Reid Wilson, Department of Environmental Quality
- McKinley Wooten, Jr., Department of Revenue
- Staci Meyer, Office of State Human Resources
- Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette, Department of Military and Veteran Affairs