Mike Easley Personality Profile
Mike Easley also is very much a family man..[snip].....His wife, Mary, is a native of New Jersey and a working mom who has a tough commute to her job teaching law at N.C. Central – a commute that would be longer and harder if she had to start from downtown rather than the Easley’s current home near the Raleigh beltline.
N.C. Central? Law? Well, now isn't that just special!? Is Crystal Gail Mangum in one of her classes?
The 3 cities in the Research Triangle...Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill...are not so distant from each other. Mrs. Nifong's "long commute" is interstate highway all the way. Isn't it interesting that the Nifongs choose to live outside of crime-ridden Durham where they both work?
http://www.ncsu.edu/BulletinOnline/08_05/easley.htm
First lady Mary Easley joins NC State faculty
Mary Pipines Easley, first lady of North Carolina, will join the NC State faculty this fall as part of the Executive-in-Residence program. She begins a three-year appointment as senior lecturer on Aug. 15, and will be housed within the Office of the Provost.
Easley will teach law-related courses in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Management. Easley will also continue to teach Legal Aspects of Police Supervision at NC State’s Administrative Officer’s Management Program, a graduate-level management course for police executives from throughout the United States.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Easley will also lead a new universitywide seminar series aimed at bringing national and international leaders from a variety of sectors – education, business and industry, government and public service – to campus to discuss the future of their area of expertise and its relationship to the higher education community in a time of rapid globalization.
NC State Chancellor James L. Oblinger said of the appointment, “We are fortunate to bring a person of Mary Easley’s stature and experience to our campus. Her energy, knowledge and experience will add tremendously to the educational experience of our students and other constituencies.”
Easley is a lawyer with extensive experience in the courtroom and the classroom. She received her bachelor’s degree in politics from Wake Forest University in 1972 where she graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She was also a member of the Fideles Society. She received her Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest School of Law in 1975, where she was a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. After law school, Easley served as assistant district attorney in New Hanover and Pender counties for 10 years where she prosecuted hundreds of cases before North Carolina juries. From 1984 to 1992, she maintained her own practice in the areas of civil and criminal law in Southport.
Easley recently completed a teaching appointment at North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham where she taught Appellate Advocacy, Trial Advocacy and Criminal Trial Practice. She also managed the Criminal Law Externship program. She has lectured on numerous topics related to trial advocacy at North Carolina universities, has been a faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has taught continuing legal education courses within the state.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/449646.html
Mary Easley has active public life, but she's no Hillary Clinton
Rob Christensen, Staff Writer
First lady Mary Easley says she has no interest in running for governor in 2008, despite gossip in the Raleigh rumor mill that she is considering succeeding her husband.
Gov. Mike Easley is barred by the state constitution from running for a third consecutive term. There has been talk that Mary Easley, the first career woman to be first lady, might consider pulling a Hillary Clinton or an Elizabeth Dole -- and enter politics as her husband leaves.
But while Mary Easley says she hopes to remain active in public affairs after she moves out of the Executive Mansion, elective office is not on the horizon.
"I don't have any interest in running for governor in 2008," she said. "I love public service. I am honored at the opportunity to serve the public, whether as district attorney or whether it's been working as first lady."
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I've said all along there will be no help coming from the state level. Neither the governor nor the AG are going to help. The only place from which help might come is the feds.