from each of the state's eight education districts and three others). The superintendent was removed from the board and made its chief administrator and secretary. Members Current members The Secretary to the State Board Catherine Truitt (Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2021) Notable former members Bill Cobey (2013–2018) Phil Kirk (1997–2003) Howard Nathaniel Lee (2003-2009) Dennis A. Wicker Patricia Willoughby (2001-2019) See also North Carolina State Board of Education Teaching Certification References Works cited Government of North Carolina Public education in North Carolina North Carolina