Phil Kirk, who has done just about every job in Raleigh except run the Zamboni machine at Carolina Hurricanes games, has a new job.
Kirk will go to work in July for Brady Services Inc., an energy services company specializing in heating, air conditioning and energy efficient buildings in Morrisville, reports Rob Christensen. He will work as new business development/corporate marketing leader for the company’s energy services group.
Kirk is a former president of the N.C. Chamber, former chairman of the N.C. State Board of Education, former state secretary of Health and Human Services, former chief of staff to two governors and a former state legislator.
Most recently, he was vice president for external relations at Catawba College. He currently serves as chairman of the board for the Public School Forum of North Carolina.
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Re: Kirk lands new job
I spent 25 years in the newspaper business, most of it writing about government and the people who run it. I would have to rate Phil Kirk as one of the top 5 public servants out of all the hundreds upon hundreds I met or wrote about. He was both able and accessible. Smart, too. I suspect he will do some good things for his latest employer. Too bad he doesn't still manage one of our faltering state agencies.
Joe Dew