NCCVE Board of Directors & Staff

Members of the board of directors of the N.C. Center for Voter Education:

Hon. Wayne Goodwin, president
Devon White, vice president
Elaine Whitford, treasurer
David Beck, secretary

Val Atkinson
C. Elizabeth Dove
John Fisher
Michael Flatow
Dr. Jarvis Hall
Lori Ann Harris
Hon. Grier Martin
Catherine J. Maxwell
Kevin G. Meeks
Mary Morgan
Deb Smith
Hon. Jack Smith
Bruce Thompson
Hon. Allen Wellons
Jon Williams

Former U.S. Senator Robert Morgan, president emeritus

Staff of the N.C. Center for Voter Education:

Damon Circosta, executive director

Damon Circosta is a leading expert on election law in North Carolina and a statewide syndicated columnist.

He has worked in Washington D.C., California and Raleigh as an attorney and political consultant. A graduate of the University of Arizona School of Law, Damon has worked in the U.S. Senate on campaign reform efforts including the landmark Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. He has managed a successful statewide judicial campaign under North Carolina's Judicial Campaign Reform Act and worked on various other reforms to the state's election system.

Damon sits on the board of directors for Kids Voting North Carolina and the
N.C. Center for Women in Public Service.

Bryan Warner, director of communications

Bryan Warner oversees the Center's broadcast, print and online communications, serving as general manager of VoterRadio.com and editor of The Voter Update Magazine, as well as the Center's webmaster. He earned a bachelor's degree in communication and Spanish from Western Carolina University and an associate degree in Web technologies from Wake Technical Community College.

Emily M. Grimm, intern

Emily M. Grimm is a senior at North Carolina State University, majoring in political science, and is the Center's spring 2010 intern. She is originally from Washington, D.C. and graduated from high school in Tampa, FL. Emily's favorite parts about politics are public policy and the judicial system.