RALEIGH – Landon Zimmer, a Wilmington attorney, has been reappointed as a member of the N.C. Board of Transportation.
He was reappointed this week by Gov. Roy Cooper and will represent Division 3, which is comprised of Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and Sampson counties. He originally joined the Board of Transportation in 2017 as the Division 3 member and in 2018 as the at-large member for ports and aviation.
Zimmer will continue to work with the N.C. Department of Transportation staff to make decisions about transportation policies and priorities. He serves with 19 other individuals from across the state who represent each of NCDOT's 14 geographical highway divisions and six areas of statewide interest.
The governor appoints members representing the 14 highway divisions, while the speaker of the N.C. House and the N.C. Senate President Pro-Tempore each appoint three at-large members.
Zimmer is a partner at the law firm of Zimmer and Zimmer, LLP, Attorneys at Law. He is also a commissioner on the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and is a member of various professional, civic and social organizations.
A native and resident of Wilmington, Zimmer holds a bachelor's degree, a master's degree and a law degree from Duke University.