Pam Medlin Whitaker of Greensboro has been appointed to the N.C. Lottery Commission.

Gov. Mike Easley picked Whitaker, president of Key Resources, a Greensboro-based temp agency, to replace Linda Carlisle, a former Greensboro banker and office supply company owner.

Carlisle finished her term and choose not to seek another, said Pam Walker, a spokeswoman for the state lottery.

Whitaker is a member of the UNC at Greensboro Board of Visitors, the Greensboro College Board of Trustees, and the Preservation Greensboro Executive Board, according to a news release. Whitaker received the Greensboro Small Business Person of the Year in 2000, the Women in Business Award for Triad North Carolina in 2000, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Award in 2001. She attended Southern Guilford High School and UNC at Greensboro.