Tag: Wayne Sasser

NCI keeps investments cautious pending state budget decisions

The General Assembly’s budget impasse has left NCInnovation in limbo, at least when it comes to handling the $500 million endowment provided by legislators in 2023. Directors of the Durham-based nonprofit agreed Wednesday to hold off until April on deciding whether to give investment managers at Wells Fargo the green light to start investing in […]

Written by on February 12, 2026

Sasser to NCInnovation

Outgoing Rep. Wayne Sasser, R-Stanly, will be joining the board of NCInnovation via an appointments bill legislators passed just before the Thanksgiving holiday. Sasser will become one of the House’s four appointees to the board. The Albemarle pharmacist, 74, replaces Beth Friedrich, a former aide to outgoing Speaker Tim Moore who recently resigned her seat […]

Written by on December 4, 2024