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Acting Secretary DeliaEffective on February 1, 2012, Governor Bev Perdue appointed Al Delia to serve as Acting Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Before joining DHHS, Delia was a valued member of the Governor’s senior staff beginning as Policy Director in 2009. Delia was elevated to Senior Advisor later that same year.
Delia’s in-depth knowledge of North Carolina policy comes from more than 25-years of experience working effectively with boards and advisory groups and collaborating with diverse sets of public and private sector organizations.
From 2006-2009 Secretary Delia was president and CEO of North Carolina’s Eastern Region Development Commission (NCER) in Kinston, NC. He oversaw business recruitment, retention, expansion and creation in a 13-county region. Prior to his work at NCER, Delia worked in North Carolina’s University System, first as Director of the East Carolina University eastern regional office of the Small Business and Technology Development Center, then as Associate State Director of the SBTDC at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Secretary Delia also served for over ten years as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Economic Development and Community Engagement at ECU. He was appointed to that position in 1993 to provide direction and oversight for the University’s units involved in public service and outreach related to economic and community development. In 2004, Delia took on the challenge of creating ECU’s federal relations office, serving as Director of that office, a role that involved working closely with congressional offices and federal agencies.
Secretary Delia is very involved in community affairs. He served on the Executive Board of the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce, was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern North Carolina Regional Science Center and founding member of the Global Transpark Development Zone Commission (now North Carolina’s Eastern Region). He was also on the board of Directors of the American Association of Retirement Communities where he served as Treasurer and a member of the Executive Committee.
Delia earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Drew University in Madison New Jersey. He is married and has two sons.
The Secretary