Professional

• 1993 to Present   Principal - Daughtridge Sales Co., Inc. (Incorporated 1974)

Responsible for the entire operation of our wholesale distribution company of pressure and temperature products.

* 1996 Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year

* Numerous Distributor Distinction Honors

* Served several times on Ashcroft Distributor Council

Rocky Mount City Council – 2019

North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) – 2021

STEP, Strategic Twin-Counties Education Partnership - 2021

Thread Capital - Board of Directors – 2018 and 2019

North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority -   2013 to 2023

• Appointed by NC Speaker of the House Thom Tillis – 2013
• Appointed by NC Speaker of the House Tim Moore – 2016, 2019
• Appointed by NC Governor Roy Cooper - 2018

Rocky Mount Academy Board of Trustees – 2010 to 2016

Carolinas Gateway Partnership – 2013  Executive Committee 2013 to 2020; Board of Directors 2013 to 2020

City of Rocky Mount Planning Board – 2012 to  2019

Community Council – Founder and President 2013 -

North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center (Rural Center) – 2012 to 2020

• Appointed by NC Speaker of the House Thom Tillis – 2012.
• Board Secretary - 2014

North Carolina Wesleyan College Board of Visitors

Tar River Kiwanis (Currently named Tar River Civic Club) – 1994 to Present (Past Board Member and president)

Boys & Girls Club of Nash/Edgecombe Counties – 2000 to 2008 (Board member and vice chair)

First Presbyterian Church of Rocky Mount – Current active member; Served as Deacon and Elder

Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce

• Chairman – 2012
• Small Business Chair 2010 and 2011

Northeastern Entrepreneur Roundtable (NEER) - 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year Recipient

Reach Out Rocky Mount / Fun Run for Charities (raised over $2.1 million to benefit participating non-profits that work in Rocky Mount)

• Chairman 2008-2011
• Board member 2011-12

YMCA of Rocky Mount – 1995 to 1997 (Served on the membership committee and as a soccer coach)

Habitat for Humanity - Summer of 1992

• Non-paid, Internship with The Jimmy Carter Work Project (Organized volunteers) in Washington, D.C.  As part of the 1992 JCWP, 10 homes were completed in the nation’s capital – one by an all-woman construction crew.  1,000+ volunteers were involved.

Education

• 1989      High School graduate of Rocky Mount Academy (Rocky Mount, NC)
• 1993      College graduate of College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)

Honors

• 2010 –Woody Brown Award – Rocky Mount area Chamber of Commerce
• 2011 – Entrepreneur of the Year Award - Northeastern Entrepreneur Roundtable
• 2015 – Dr. Faye B. Eagles Volunteer of the Year Award – Nash County Republican Party

Family

Married to Ann McLeod Daughtridge (from Fayetteville, NC), we have a daughter Lillie and a son Ellis.  We are active members of the First Presbyterian Church of Rocky Mount.