North Carolina’s insurance commissioner appointed 21 members of the Agent Advisory Committee, charged with working together to discuss how best to handle insurance issues affecting the industry and consumers in the state.

Patrick Molamphy

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin established the committee in 2009.

“This committee gives agents a voice in the regulatory process surrounding the business of insurance in North Carolina,” Goodwin said in a statement. “It’s important for me to come face-to-face with representatives from the agent community so that we can have an open dialogue about the insurance-related issues affecting those who live and work in our state.”

Committee members are independent and captive agents selected from three regions—East, Piedmont and West—who are appointed by Goodwin. The group had its first meeting on March 18 and is scheduled to meet four times a year.

Committee members whose terms will expired in December include:

• Committee Chairman Pat Molamphy, a Nationwide agent in Rockingham, Albemarle and Locust, N.C.
• Sara Donaldson, president of Sara Donaldson Insurance Agency, a State Farm agent in Pittsboro, N.C.
• Former state Rep. Leslie Cox of Bankingport, Inc. in Sanford, N.C.
• Cameron M. Harris, owner of Cameron M. Harris & Co. in Charlotte. N.C.
• Charlotte S. Hicks of Glasgow Hicks Insurance Agency, a member of Aquesta Insurance Services in Wilmington, N.C.
• Jackie F. Ireland Jr., president of the Independent Insurance Agents of N.C., and vice president of Anders, Ireland & Marshall in Raleigh, N.C.
• Thomas W. Frazier III, president of Wester Realty & Insurance Agency,serving Henderson, N.C.
• Betsy J. Lane, Betsy Lane State Farm Insurance in Murphy, N.C.
• Jody Brown, president of LifeStore Insurance in West Jefferson, N.C.
• Luther Carter Jr., owner of Carter Insurance and Financial Services, an Allstate agent in Charlotte, N.C.
• Wade S. Dunbar III, president of Wade S. Dunbar Co. in Laurinburg, N.C.
• Harry Q. Fitzgerald, senior vice president of BB&T Insurance Services in Winston-Salem, N.C.
• Raife Davis, owner of General Insurance Services in Asheville, N.C.
• Bo Walker, CPCU, CIC, President of Walker Rovinson Clark Insurance in Statesville, N.C.

Members who terms will expire in December 2012 include:

• Committee Vice Chairwoman Linda Willey, co-owner and vice president of The Willey Agency in Nags Head, N.C.
• Eddie Alejandro, a Farm Bureau Insurance agent in Boone, N.C.
• C. Kenneth Melvin, a North Carolina Farm Bureau agent in Rockingham, N.C.
• Chris Copley, a Nationwide associate agent in Durham, N.C.
• Bill Vogedes, president of Vogedes Insurance Agency in Edenton and Kitty Hawk, N.C.
• R. J. Myrick, co-owner of Roanoke Valley Insurance in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
• Cedric Dickerson, a State Farm Insurance agent in Wilmington, N.C.