Greensboro,NC - A vacancy on the Guilford County Board of Education has been filled. At Tuesday’s meeting, board members voted to select William (Bill) J. Goebel as the District 3 representative.

Board attorney Jill Wilson updated the board on the changes in S.L. 2013-361, which was signed into law on March 16, 2023. The amended law states that if the vacating board member was elected as the nominee of a political party, the county political party executive committee shall provide the name of an individual in writing within 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy to the Superintendent of Schools of Guilford County.

While the district did receive a letter on March 28, it indicated that only the representatives of District 3 nominated the replacement candidate, not the executive committee, as required by law. Since the political party failed to provide the name of a qualified candidate within the 30-day window, the remaining board members then have the duty to fill the vacancy.

Goebel is the CEO of MPACT Maintenance & Reliability Solutions, which provides assessments, education and training in industrial and facility maintenance. He also serves as the area president of Focus CFO NC, which works to empower small businesses through sound financial management. He was appointed by Chief Justice Paul Newby to serve as an advisor to the North Carolina Supreme Court task force on Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs)-Informed Courts. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Youth of North Carolina, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, and serves as the vice chair of the Boy Scouts of America National Service Territory 15.