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About Rick Glazier

NC Representative Rick Glazier is presently serving his third term in the North Carolina General Assembly. Rick is an employment and labor law attorney with a personal background of neighborhood involvement and extensive public service.

Rick received his JD from Wake Forest University in 1981. He is a Visiting Professor in Criminal Justice at Fayetteville State University and has been teaching pre-trial law at Campbell University School of Law for 11 years. He has previously taught criminal justice as an adjunct professor at FTCC and NC State.

For over 25 years, Rick has dedicated himself to the betterment of his community. He is a six-year veteran board member of the Cumberland County School Board, serving two years as Chairman, three years as Chair of the Finance and Budget Committee, and co-Chair of the 1997 School Bond campaign.

Rick is past-president Beth Israel Synagogue, where he taught Sunday school for many years. In the NC House of Representatives, Rick quickly emerged as a champion for the issuesthat make a difference to Cumberland County families: quality health care, affordable medication for seniors, improving education for our children, preserving the environment and assisting our military families.

He is currently serving as the Chair of the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education and the Joint Select Committee on Public School Funding Formulas. He is the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House, the Joint Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management and the Judiciary II Committee, as well as serving as a member of several other standing and interim committees including the Health, Military and Veteran’s Affairs and Mental Health committees.

He has been married to Lisë, an art teacher at 71st Classical Middle School, for 28 years. They have two children, Philip and Megan, who are both attending NC State.




 

     What People Are Saying

“The House has a bright new luminary… a solid, unflappable, determined leader ready for any tough job.” – Jack Betts, Charlotte Observer, 3/9/2008

“We have seen a new star emerge in the General Assembly. Rep. Rick Glazier has stepped forward and proven himself to be the ethical leader that the House and our state so desperately need.” - Joe Sinsheimer, Raleigh News and Observer, 3/6/2008 

"He's one of the smartest and most talented lawyers in the legislature, so he handles some of the toughest issues” – NC Rep. Pricey Harrison, Raleigh News and Observer, 8/3/2007

“Rep. Glazier is an excellent legislator… one of the most ardent voices for public education in the State” – Hon. Wayne Goodwin, former NC House Member and Democratic nominee for Commissioner of Labor, 9/20/2007  

“We applaud Rep. Glazier for his leadership, courage and willingness to put the best interests of the people ahead of party politics.” – NC Policy Watch “Hero of the Week”, 4/3/2006  

 

      Awards and Honors

Southern Regional Area Health Education Center - 2008 Legislator of the Year

NC Association of Superintendents and Administrators – 2008 Legislator of the Year

NC Technology Association – 2007 Legislative Public Policy Award

NC Justice Center – 2007 Defenders of Justice Award

Covenant with NC’s Children – 2007 Ruth M. Easterling House Award

US Dept of Health and Human Services – 2007 Commissioner’s Award for Leadership in Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

NC Association of Local Health Directors – 2007 Legislator of the Year

Equality North Carolina Foundation – 2007 Legislative Leadership Award

NC Association of School Administrators – 2006 School Trailblazer Award

NC Prevention Partners – 2006 NC Prevention Award for Legislative Excellence

NC Academy of Trial Lawyers – 2006 Outstanding Legislator Award; 2002 Kellie Crabtree Award

NC Police Benevolent Association – 2006 Legislative Leadership Award

NC Alliance for Health – 2006 Legislator Award

NC Council of Community Programs – 2006 Leadership Award

NC Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association – 2006 Legislator of the Year

El Pueblo, Inc. – 2005 Legislative Award

The ARC of NC – 2005 Legislator of the Year

NC Autism Society – 2005 Legislative Leadership Award

NC School Psychologist Association – 2005 Legislative Public Policy Award

Leadership North Carolina – 2004 Stanley Frank Award

NC School Counselor Association – 2003 Legislator of the Year

 

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