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Daniel Vaughn Besse (born December 28, 1954) is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill School of Law (1980), an attorney, and, since 2001, a City Council

City council

A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies...

man in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...

. He was one of four Democratic candidates in the 2008 Lt. Governor Election for the seat vacated by Beverly Perdue, but came in last in the primary, which was won by Walter Dalton.

In the 2008 campaign, Besse received the endorsement of the Progressive Democrats of North Carolina and the Conservation Council of North Carolina.

Political and Non-profit experience

Besse has served on the board of directors of the Piedmont Triad Partnership, a leading regional development organization, which brought $15 million in federal grant money to the Piedmont Triad region for workforce development. He was appointed to the N.C. Environmental Management Commission (1993–2005) by Governor Jim Hunt

Jim Hunt

James Baxter Hunt Jr. is an American politician who was the 69th and 71st Governor of the state of North Carolina . He is the longest-serving governor in the state's history.-Early life:...

and he also served on the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (1985–1993, Chair 1985-1990), the N.C. Sedimentation Control Commission (1994–2002), and the N.C. Emergency Response Commission (1987–1992).

Besse is Chair of the Stakeholders Committee of the Piedmont Triad Early Action Compact, a regional clean air coalition, and a member of the N.C. Climate Action Plan Advisory Group since 2006.

Besse has also served as adjunct or visiting faculty at North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...

, Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University , a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, is a historically black public research university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.Winston-Salem State has been...

, and Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

, as well as Guilford College

Guilford College

Guilford College, founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends , is an independent college whose stated mission is to: provide a transformative, practical and excellent liberal arts education that produces critical thinkers in an inclusive, diverse environment, guided by Quaker...

, and Forsyth Technical Community College

Forsyth Technical Community College

Forsyth Technical Community College is a two-year public community college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, serving Forsyth and Stokes counties...

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