After working in public education for 27+ years as a teacher, ESL teacher and Multilingual Learner Program Director, David is currently the North Carolina Director for NCFL.  In this role, he provides leadership and strategic thinking for NCFL’s North Carolina activities.  In addition to building and supporting family engagement, family leadership, and family literacy partnerships in NC, David also leads the North Carolina Statewide Family Engagement Center (NC SFEC).

David earned a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University and an M.Ed. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). After beginning his career in Puebla, Mexico as a dual language teacher, David returned to the United States where he taught Adult ESL in Forsyth County, NC, was an ESL teacher in Lexington, NC and most recently served the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools community as the Multilingual Learner program director. In his most recent role prior to joining NCFL, David developed and supported multilingual learner family literacy programming.

David grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in Mount Airy, NC (the inspiration for Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show) and currently resides in Winston-Salem, NC.  In his leisure time he is a competitive cyclist, avid backpacker, occasional traveler, and curious reader.