Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue named a group of women and African-Americans to her transition leadership after being stung by criticism that her first appointments lacked diversity.
She added:
Howard Lee, chair of the state school board and former senator
Valeria Lee, vice chair of the Rural Economic Development Center and past president of the Golden Leaf Foundation
Linda Carlisle, retired founding president of Copier Consultants and former Bank of America vice president
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, chair of the State Board of Community Colleges and a vice president at Progress Energy
Howard Lee, Valeria Lee (who is not related) and Pinnix-Ragland are black.
The new appointments followed criticism last week from Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP, that Perdue's first three appointments were of politically-connected white men. She initially named three transition leaders: Zach Ambrose, Perdue's campaign manager and former chief of staff in the lieutenant governor's office; Don Hobart, her current chief of staff, and Norris Tolson, former secretary of revenue and former secretary of transportation.
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Token appointments
She's attempting to appease the people that got her elected but giving African Americans no real power or authority. That's Bev Perdue's "change" for you.