SHIRLEY BABSON
BOARD OF EDUCATION
132 Mill Creek Road, SE
Bolivia
, NC 28422
(910) 253-6578
Email:
sbabson@bcswan.net
sbabsonbdofed@hotmail.com
Age: 67
Husband: William A. Babson
Children: Karen, Bradley, and Heath
Grandchildren: Cameron, Deidra, Bradley, Madelyn, Alston, and Laura
Employment: Retired
Teacher Assistant: Brunswick County Schools
Area Manager: Field Enterprises Educational Corp.
Bookkeeper: J.R. Corbett Construction
Education:
North Carolina
School Boards Association
National School Board Association Seminars
Institute
of Government
, Chapel Hill, NC
Continuing Education Courses, Brunswick Community College
Continuing Education Courses, Cape Fear Community College
Graduated from Shallotte High School - Honor Student
Professional & Civic Activities:
Christian Life and Public Affairs Director, Brunswick Baptist Association
Member of Brunswick County Oversight Committee, Sewer and Wastewater Management
1995-96:
Vice-Chairman, 7th District Republican Executive Committee
1992-95:
Chairman of Brunswick County Republican Party
Vice-Chairman - 7th District Republican Executive Committee
Elected - Brunswick County Board of Education (1976-84) and (2000-Present)
Chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Education for Five Years
2000-04:
Liaison Committee with County Commissioners
2001-04:
Communities In Schools Board of Directors
2004:
Elected Delegate to Republican National Convention
Shallotte Rotary Club
Brunswick
County Campaign Coordinator for:
John East - Governor
Senator Jesse Helms
Senator Elizabeth Dole
Senator Lauch Faircloth
I. Beverly Lake - Governor
Jim Gardner - Governor
2000-2008:
Brunswick
County
Board of Education
2006:
NC Republican Hall of Fame
Former Member:
Columbia
Brunswick Hospital
Authority
1979-82 - Brunswick Community College Board of Trustees
Brunswick
County
Equalization & Review Board
Cape
Fear
Substance Abuse Board of Directors
1987-91 - Personnel Administration Commission for State Employees
Honors:
Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Award
Human
Relations Council-Outstanding School
Boardmanship
Citizens Award for Outstanding School Boardmanship
NC Republican Hall of Fame
Charter Member:
Holden
Beach
Ladies Club
Tidewater Junior Women's Club
Boiling Spring Lakes Ladies Club
Brunswick
Republican Women's Club
1972-82 - Brunswick Community College Board of Trustees
Brunswick
County
Equalization & Review Board
Cape
Fear
Substance Abuse Board of Directors
1987-91 - Personnel Administration Commission for State Employees
Other Experiences Related to Office Sought
Sixteen Years In-Service Training in:
Personnel matters, working with the superintendents, school law, school finance, school construction, curriculum, drug education (intervention and enforcement)
Overseeing 84.5 million dollar school bond projects
Lobbying the NC state legislators for bills to benefit schools
Working with school finance officer and county commissioners on school budget
