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Accomplishments in Office
Community Collaboration
- Hosted a Plat Review Workshop in collaboration with North Carolina Secretary of State
- Became a Voter Registration Site for County
- Educational/Informational Booths
- Drexel Fair
- Historic Waldensian Festival
- Burke County Black History Festival
- Historic Morganton Festival
- Youth in Government Participation
- Guest Speaking Engagements
- AARP Burke Chapter
- Foothills Surveying Association
- Burke County Republican Morning Social
- Burke County Realtors Association
- Foothills Landlord Association
Annual Community Events at the Register of Deeds office:
- Annual Veteran’s Appreciation Day Event
- Special Wedding Day Events
- Annual Customer Appreciation Day & Community Shred Events
- Senior Citizen Day
- National Fraud Awareness Week
- Notary Public Appreciation Day
- National Marriage Week
- National Surveyor’s Week
- Kindergarten Registration Collaboration
- National Military Appreciation Month
- Public Service Appreciation Month
Professional & Civic Accomplishments
- NCARD District II Chair (2021-current)
- NCARD District II Secretary (2018-2021)
- NCARD Strategic Long-Range Planning Committee (2020-Current)
- NCARD Automation Technology Committee (2019-current)
- NCARD Vital Records Committee (2018-current)
- Member of International Association of Government Officials (2020)
- NACO Achievement Award Winner for Innovative Technology: Electronic Tax Portal (2019)
- District II Secretary (2019-Current)
- Member of the North Carolina Association of Register of Deeds Automation Technology Committee (2019-Current)
- Member of the North Carolina Association of Register of Deeds Vital Records Committee (2018-current)
- 2017 Western Piedmont Community College Outstanding Alumnus Award (2018)
- Member of North Carolina Land Title Association (2018)
- Member of Property Records Industry Association (PRIA) (2018-current)
- Burke Events Executive Board (Secretary-2018)
- Certified Register of Deeds through North Carolina Register of Deeds Association (2017-current)
- NCARD Constitution/ By-Laws and Resolution Committee (2017-current)
- North Carolina Property Mappers Association (2017)
- North Carolina Notary Association (2016-current)
- North Carolina Association of Register of Deeds (2016-current)
- Appointed to Burke County Council on Aging (2016 to 2017)
- Morganton Kiwanis Club (2016 to 2018)
- Appointed to North Carolina Clinical Policy State Workgroup (2014 to 2016)
- Member of Foothills Landlord Association (2014-current)
- Employee of the Year, Foothills Area Program (2006)
Recent Office Accomplishments
- Created Mission, Vision, and Value Statements for Office
- Developed Customer Action Plan for staff to meet customer satisfaction expectations and goals
- Completed Phase I Back Indexing Project-adds 10 years of searchability to online records
- Added 144 volumes of Death Record Images to System
- Added 84 Volumes of Birth Images to System
- Developed a Restoration & Preservation Schedule for Records
- Started E-Recording Plats
- Implemented Fraud Detection Notification System