Dwayne PattersonChief Financial Officer

New Chief Financial Officer Dwayne Patterson brings extensive leadership experience in the financial and operational realm to DNCR. Immediately prior to joining our staff he was executive director for CREST, a regional non-profit agency that serves intellectually and developmentally disabled adults.

Other significant positions held by Patterson include chief deputy secretary for the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, chief financial officer for the Warren and Durham county public school systems, and director of operations for the Museum of Life and Science in Durham.

He was raised in Kinston and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in accounting from N.C. State University.