{"id":22,"date":"2024-06-10T23:37:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:32:45","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">NARFE: The ONLY organization solely dedicated to preserving your Federal pay and benefits!!<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The NC Federation of NARFE began in 1956 and provides resources and expertise to help federal employees and annuitants in the state.\u00a0 The NC Federation has 24 Chapters physically meeting across the state, with approximately 4,000 members.\u00a0 Federation officers are listed below.\u00a0 If you would like information about the local Chapter nearest to you, please check the Chapters tab at the top of the screen.\u00a0 You may contact the Federation President or the Network Coordinator by clicking on the <span style=\"color: #000000\">blue link<\/span> beside their name.<\/p>\n<p>NC Federation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/presidents-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>President\u2019s Message<\/strong><\/a> (members only)<br>\nStatement of our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2024\/08\/Mission.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission, Values, and Vision<\/a><\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/lp\/join-54z\/?utm_source=nc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Please Come Join Us!!<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2024\/08\/2024-02-JoinReasons.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Benefits of Joining<\/strong><\/a><br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/resources\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Publications (Newspapers, Newsletters, Reports, etc.)<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 members only<\/p>\n<h4>Federation Officers<\/h4>\n<h5>\u00a0 Elected Officers<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/contact-nc-federation-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> Thomas Link<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/contact-exec-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Executive Vice President<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Deborah Germak<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/contact-nc-federation-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 David L Phillips<br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/contact-nc-federation-treasurer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasurer<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Samuel E Crain<br>\nImmediate Past President \u2013 Henry Brattlie<\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0 Appointed Positions<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Legislative Chair (National) \u2013 Douglas Clapp<br>\nLegislative Chair (State) \u2013 John Allis<br>\nPublic Relations Officer\/Chair \u2013 Dwight Weaver<br>\nService Officer \u2013 Vacant<br>\nMembership Coordinator \u2013 Vacant<br>\nCo-Editors \u2013 Kathie and Robert Gettings<br>\nAlzheimers Co-Coordinator \u2013 Vivian Vair<br>\nAlzheimers Co-Coordinator \u2013 Diane Clapp<br>\nNARFE\/PAC Coordinator \u2013 Douglas Clapp<br>\nParliamentarian \u2013 L. Thomas Jennings<br>\nEastern Area Co-VP \u2013 Vacant<br>\nCentral Area Co-VP \u2013 John Sims<br>\nWestern Area VP \u2013 Vacant<br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/contact-webmaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webmaster<\/a><\/strong>\u2013 Peter Eckhoff<\/p>\n<h5>Congressional District Leaders<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Congressional District Leader 2 \u2013 John Allis<br>\nCongressional District Leader 3 \u2013 Victor E Heinrich<br>\nCongressional District Leader 4 \u2013 Thomas Link<br>\nCongressional District Leader 6 \u2013 Douglas Clapp<br>\nCongressional District Leader 8 \u2013 Racine Douglas<span id=\"line291\"><\/span> <span id=\"line298\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE NC Federation list of officers, history, and year-round special projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":132,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1364,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/nc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}