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About
the Commission
The Public Works Commission consists of four members, appointed
by the Fayetteville City Council to serve three four-year staggered
terms. The Commissioners elect a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary
and Treasurer and are responsible for the selection of the PWC
General Manager. PWC meetings are held the second and fourth
Wednesday of each month. Wilson A. Lacy, Terri Union, Luis Olivera
and Mike Lallier are the current members of the Commission.
Steven K. Blanchard serves as General Manager.
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Current
Board Members
Terri
Union - Chairwoman
Terri Union is serving her second term on the PWC board, after being reappointed in 2006. Union became the first woman to serve on the PWC Board when she was appointed in July 2002. Union served as Chairwoman from 2005 to 2006, becoming the first woman to serve as Chair in the 100 year history of PWC. An active member of the community, Union is a past president of the Fayetteville Area Plant Managers Association, serves as Chairman of the Cumberland County “Friends of the Library” Endowment Committee, serves on the Board of Trustees at Methodist
University as well as the Lura Talley Center for Leadership, and serves on the Chancellor’s Advisory Board of Fayetteville State University. She is co-chair of the capital campaign to build a new Museum of Art in downtown Fayetteville. She served on the Board of Greater Fayetteville Futures and served on the executive committee. Union was appointed a trustee of the Cumberland County Public Library and served as Chair from 1989-91, She is a charter member of the Cape Fear Regional Theater, The Education Foundation, and the Friends of the Cumberland County Public Library. She served as President of the Friends in 1982. In 1983 she served as co-chair of the Public Library Finance Committee which put together a $4,000,000+ funding package to build the headquarters library in downtown Fayetteville. Union is a member of the Policy Makers Council of the APPA and is a member of the Legislation and Resolution Committee of APPA. She recently retired as Executive Vice-President of Union Corrugating Company, a family-owned and operated business that started in Fayetteville in 1946. Fayetteville is the home office of the company that produces metal roofing panels and building products and has 10 manufacturing and distribution locations in nine states. In 2004 she was inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Governor Mike Easley and is the 2006 recipient of the Al Prewitt Economic Visionary Award. In 1988 she was named North Carolina Public Library Trustee of the Year by the NC Public Library Directors Association and in 1992 was selected Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by Methodist College. Union holds an AA degree in art history and design from the Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William and Mary. She and her husband, Carlos Zukowski, have 11 grandchildren.
Terri
Union profile (run time 8:54)
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Luis J. Olivera - Vice Chair
Luis Olivera was first appointed to the Public Works Commission’s
Board of Commissioners in July 2003 and was re-appointed for a second term in 2007. In 2006, he served as Chairman
of the Board. Olivera served as an Assistant District Attorney
for the Cumberland County District Attorney’s office for
three years prior to opening his own law firm in Fayetteville
in 2003. He is now a partner with Godwin & Olivera PC. Most
recently, he successfully graduated from the 36th Class of the
Institute of Political Leadership (IOPL) and was declared one
of 20 IOPL Fellows of the Class 2005. Olivera received his Juris
Doctor Degree from Campbell University in 2000. He holds a North
Carolina Law License, is a member of the American Bar Association
and the Hispanic National Bar Association. Olivera earned a
BA in Criminal Justice from Pembroke State in 1995 after serving
in the United States Army, B Co., 519th Military Intelligence
Battalion. During his military career, he served in Operation
Desert Storm and Desert Shield in the field of counter terrorism.
While receiving his undergraduate and law degree, Olivera worked
as a loss prevention specialist and a private investigator.
He has also been an Adjunct Professor at Methodist College and
FTCC. A native of Mastic Beach, NY, Olivera currently serves
as the Vice Chairman of the Cumberland County Rape Crisis Center
and is a Board member of the Hispanic/Latino Center, Inc. of
Fayetteville and the United Way of Cumberland County.
Lou Olivera profile (run time 5:06)
Michael
G. Lallier - Secretary
Michael G. Lallier was appointed to the PWC Board in July 2004 and reappointed for a second term in October 2008. He was named Chairman in July 2007. Lallier has been in the automobile business for 28 years, having started as a salesperson in 1980 in his hometown of Dallas, Texas. Today, he is manager and dealer operator of RLC, LLC dba Reed-Lallier Chevrolet. He and Gene Reed purchased the former M&O Chevrolet in December 1988. They sold the dealership to United Auto Group in 1997 and then repurchased it in 2007. He has remained with the company as manager and dealer operator since that time. Lallier attended the University of Texas at Arlington from 1972-1976. He has been active in community affairs since moving to Fayetteville in 1988. He currently serves on the FTCC Foundation Board of Trustees and is a member of the advisory board for RBC Centura. He has served on the Chamber Task Force for Teacher Recruitment and Retention, and Chair of the Cumberland County Schools Quality Leadership Council. He is a past District Chairman for the Boy Scouts of America. He chaired the successful $98 million school bond initiative in 1997. He is a past president of the Cumberland County Education Foundation, Fayetteville Area Economic Development Corporation and Braxton Bragg Chapter of AUSA. He has served on the boards of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum, Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, Fayetteville Airport Commission, Crimestoppers, Museum of the Cape Fear, Triangle Bank and Methodist College Board of Trustees. He and his wife Deborah have twin sons, Cody and Cory, who are seniors at Duke and Wake Forest, respectively.
Mike Lallier profile (run time 8:07)
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Wilson
A. Lacy - Treasurer
Wilson A. Lacy was appointed to a third four-year term on the Public Works Commission in September 2009. He originally joined the Board in July 2001. During his tenure on the Board, Lacy has served as Board Chairman from 2003 to 2005 and 2008-2009. An active member of the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community, Lacy earned his Business Administration Degree from Shaw University, Raleigh, NC in 1970, and earned a certificate of completion in banking from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1977. He currently serves as Executive Director of Construction Management for the Cumberland County School System and is President of BJL Construction Company, Inc, (a family owned company). An active civic leader, Lacy’s appointments include the ABC Board of Directors, the Fayetteville Municipal Airport Commission, the Fayetteville Storm Water Utilities Board and a member of the Board of Directors for the Cumberland County Business Council. He also served as former President of the Fayetteville Business and Professional League. Lacy is a Board Member of the Fayetteville State University Library and Foundation Board of Directors and a Deacon at the First Baptist Church in Bladenboro. He was appointed to serve on the Board of Trustee at Shaw University and is President of the Fayetteville/ Cumberland County Shaw University Alumni Association. Lacy is also President of the Foundation Board of Director at Bladen Community College. In 2007, he was recognized as the Martin Luther King Honoree and received the North Carolina Highest Honor of the Long Leaf Pine. He holds the post of Keeper of Finance for the Beta Chi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and is a member of The Grand Boule’, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated.
Wilson
Lacy profile (run time 3:23)
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Steven K. Blanchard - General Manager
Steven K. Blanchard has served as CEO/General Manager of the
Fayetteville PWC since June 1994 and is responsible for all
divisions and departments at PWC. Blanchard joined PWC in 1972
and has held positions of Engineer I, II, and III; Assistant
Chief Electrical Engineer; Assistant Director of Electrical
Systems; and Director of Generation and Power Supply. A native
of Fayetteville, Blanchard is a 1972 graduate of NC State University
with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering. He also completed
a program in Municipal Administration at the Institute of Government
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Blanchard
has served on the Board of Directors for ElectriCities of N.C.
and the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council. He is presently
serving on the APPA Membership Committee and has served on the
APPA Generation and Fuels Committee where he served as Chairman.
He has also served on the Advisory Council for the School of
Business and Economics at Fayetteville State University and
the Foundation Board of Directors at Methodist University where
he served as Chairman. A member of the South Central Chapter
of Professional Engineers of North Carolina, Blanchard has served
as a chapter director and state level steering committee member.
He is active in the community through his church and other organizations
such as the American Heart Association (served as Chairman)
and the Cumberland County United Way (served as Campaign Chairman
and Board Chairman). He is married and has three children.
