About Dan Besse

• Chair of the Community Development/Housing/General Government Committee
• Member of the Public Works Committee
• Member of the Transportation Advisory Committee
• Active member in the Ardmore Neighborhood Association
• Has provided volunteer services for community groups including: Mediation Services of Forsyth County, Domestic Violence Advocacy Center, Twin City Track Club, and the Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina
• Appointed by the Governor to the
  North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission 1985 - 1993, N.C. Emergency Response Commission 1987 - 1992, N.C. Environmental Management Commission 1993 - 2005, N.C. Sedimentation Control
  Commission 1994 - 2002
• Other community activities include: Member of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem

Education:

• Hickory High School, 1973
• B.A. Degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977
• UNC School of Law, J.D. 1980

• Licensed to practice law in North Carolina since 1980
• Has worked in legal and management positions for organizations providing legal service for: poor families, health care services, environmental education
• Teaching experience including teaching courses on environmental law, environmental policy and government at: N.C. State University, Guilford College, Duke University, Winston-Salem State University, and Forsyth Technical Community College

• Born in Hickory, NC on December 28, 1954
• Married to Kay House in 1977
• Favorite recreations: running and reading