SWC Commission - About the Commission

Vicky Porter, Chairperson
4455 Mount Pleasant Road S.
Concord, NC 28025
(704) 786-9551 (h)
(704) 796-5792 (c)
Email: VLP5579@aol.com
Term Ends: 2015
Represents: At Large Member

Mrs. Porter and her husband Tommy Porter operate a 900 acre farm outside Mt. Pleasant, N.C. where they raise brood cattle, hogs and chickens. The Porters have won several environmental awards over the years to include the National Environmental Stewardship Award for Poultry presented by Tyson Foods in 1999, and again in 2004. They were voted Conservation Farm Family of the year in 1999 by the N.C. Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, named Sunbelt Farmer of the Year for North Carolina in 2006 by Swisher Sweets, and recognized by the N.C. Pork Council in 2009 as the N.C. Outstanding Pork Producer. Mrs. Porter holds an Associate’s Degree in Applied Sciences and worked as a licensed dental hygienist for a number of years before leaving that profession to raise a family and assist her husband with the farming operation. They have two grown sons, and a daughter attending college.

Craig Frazier, Vice Chairman
2051 Lake Lucas Road
Sophia, NC 27530
(336) 625-8703 (h)
(336) 629-3512 (w)
Email: jcparks@co.randolph.nc.us
Wife: Kirsten
Term Ends: 2016
Represents: Piedmont Region

Mr. Frazier has been a partner and operator of McCain Dairy since 1993, and in 1997, was voted Outstanding Young Farmer by the Asheboro Jaycees. He was elected to the Randolph County Soil & Water District Board in 1994 and has served as chairman since 1998. He has held several positions on various environmental committees and commissions in the past 15 years, such as the North Carolina Nutrient Management Task Force, conservation committee for the National Association of the Department of Agriculture, North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, the North Carolina State Soil & Water Conservation Commission and the resolutions committee for the Dairy Farmers of America. Mr. Frazier currently serves as Immediate Past-President of the N.C. Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts. Craig and his wife Kirsten were married in 1984 and are active members of the Charlotte United Methodist Church. They have three children.

Donald Heath
650 Biddle Road
Dover, N.C. 28526
252) 523-8416 (h)
(252) 560-3224 (c)
Email: don.heath@aol.com
Wife: Vicki
Term ends: 2014
Represents: Immediate Past-President of the N.C. Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts

Mr. Heath is the co-owner and operator of Heath Family Farms and received the Southeast Cotton Grower award in 1996. He was elected to the Craven County Soil and Water Conservation District Board in 2003 and also serves on the Craven County Farm Bureau Board. He currently serves as President of the N.C. Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts. Mr. Heath helped form the Ft. Barnwell Volunteer Fire Department and was its first chief before serving 25 years as a volunteer firefighter and 10 years on the rescue squad. Heath also served as trustee and two-term chairman for Craven Community College. Married for 39 years, Mr. Heath and his wife Vicki have two children and five grandchildren. They attend First Baptist church in New Bern and Oriental.

Bill Yarborough