Civic leader elected to Campbell board

     Teddy Byrd, of Coats, N.C., has been elected to Campbell University’s Presidential Board of Advisors. Byrd, who is the chairman of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, is the president and CEO of the Teddy J. Byrd Agency Inc., Nationwide Insurance agencies in Coats, Angier and Erwin.
     A graduate of Campbell University, Byrd received a bachelor’s degree in social science in 1985. He participated in Campbell’s ROTC program and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1983. Byrd, who is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, where he served as a logistics adviser to the multinational division, training Iraqi soldiers, establishing logistics bases, supervising convoy support units and managing supplies. He was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and has recently been selected to command an Army Reserve battalion.
Byrd was elected to the Harnett County Board of Commissioners in 1996 and elected chairman of the board in 2000. He was reelected chairman while serving in Iraq and again elected chairman in 2004.
     He is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the founding president of the Coats Jaycees. Byrd is also a member of the American Legion, the Angier Rotary Club (Paul Harris Fellow) and the Coats Chamber of Commerce (past president). In addition, he serves on the Harnett Forward Together Committee, the board of directors of the Harnett County Department of Social Services, the board of directors of the Harnett County Department of Health, the Harnett County Aging Advisory Council and First Citizens Bank.  
     A longtime supporter of Campbell University, Byrd served as president of the 2005 Harnett County Loyalty Campaign. He and his wife, Shelia, are members of Coats Baptist Church, where he has served as a deacon and Sunday school class president. They are the parents of three children: Samantha, Alexandra and Zachary.
     Founded in 1887, Campbell University is North Carolina’s second largest private institution of higher education. Located in Buies Creek, N.C., just east of the center of the state, Campbell combines academic excellence and Christian commitment. More information about Campbell University is available on the Web site, www.campbell.edu.

Bulletin 0012-6/15/05