District 7 Board Member Chris Heagarty

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Chris Heagarty is an attorney and non-profit-organization executive, who manages the City of Oaks Foundation, a Raleigh-based land conservancy and youth development organization. He represents District 7 (Northwestern Wake County, which includes Morrisville and portions of Raleigh and Cary) on the Wake County Board of Education.
 
Prior to joining the City of Oaks Foundation, Chris was the executive director and commission counsel of the N.C. Judicial Standards Commission, the state organization that advises judges and enforces the Code of Judicial Conduct. In private legal practice, he has represented local governments in matters of election law and private citizens, most notably licensed professionals such as realtors, CPAs, home inspectors, and real estate appraisers, before their licensing boards. He is also a certified Superior Court mediator.
 
Before his legal career, Chris was the executive director of the N.C. Center for Voter Education, a policy research group that explored topics of campaign finance reform and election law, and was the Director of State Government Relations for the N.C. Association of Electric Cooperatives.
 
Chris served in the N.C. House of Representatives from 2009-10, representing the same Northwestern Wake County area he now represents on the Board of Education. He has been a Raleigh resident since 1978, attended Wake County public schools, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from N.C. State University and a Juris Doctorate from N.C. Central University.  He is married and has two children in Wake County public schools. 

District 9 Board Member Tyler Swanson

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Tyler was born and raised in Guilford County. After graduating from Eastern Guilford High School, Tyler enrolled at N.C. A&T State University. It was during college that he became interested in public service. He volunteered with George K. Simpson's Political Action Committee, N.C. House Representative Alma Adams's campaign, and the NAACP Chapter at N.C. A&T. Tyler was also a founding member of the City Greensboro College Commission Board as a representative for N.C. A&T. He worked to organize a march with N.C. A&T, Bennett College, and UNC Greensboro students to speak out against HB 589. The march included taking the protest to the N.C. General Assembly chambers in Raleigh. Tyler was peacefully arrested after engaging in civil disobedience with the Moral Monday Movement.

After Tyler graduated from N.C. A&T  with a degree in Political Science,  he worked as the N.C. NAACP youth and college field secretary, and then as the communications and policy director. 

Tyler's commitment to public service took him into the classroom. He was a special education teacher at Enloe Magnet High School in Raleigh. There, he was also a member of the school improvement team and the equity team. He was also a faculty advisor to the student council and barbershop talk. 

Tyler is currently enrolled in the Masters of Public Administration Program at N.C. Central University.

Tyler's motto in life is "Service to others is the rent we pay to live on Earth.