Roland Wyman (North Carolina)
Roland Wyman was a member of the Washington City Council. Wyman left office in 2019.
Wyman ran for re-election to the Washington City Council. Wyman lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Wyman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Roland Wyman served in the United States Air Force.[1] His career experience includes working as the owner of Wyman Marketing Concepts and as the director of sales and marketing for EAM Inc. Wyman was first elected to serve as a member of the Washington City Council in 2017.[2]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Washington, North Carolina (2019)
General election
General election for Washington City Council (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Washington City Council on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Donald Sadler (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 935 | |
| ✔ |  | Virginia Finnerty (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 764 |
| ✔ | Richard Brooks (Nonpartisan) | 11.6 | 729 | |
| ✔ | Elizabeth Kane (Nonpartisan) | 10.5 | 659 | |
| ✔ |  | William Pitt (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 621 |
 | Roland Wyman (Nonpartisan)  | 9.9 | 621 | |
| Mike Renn (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 597 | ||
| Bobby Roberson (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 564 | ||
| Douglas Mercer (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 417 | ||
 | Darwin Woolard (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 382 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 6,300 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Laurence Doby (Nonpartisan)
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Roland Wyman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wyman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Wyman served in the U.S. Air Force from 1970-1974, working in aviation electronics systems. He then worked in manufacturing machine controls with GTE Sylvania from 1974 to 1976 and Shape Inc. in Portland, Maine, Tucson, Curacao, and Wales, U.K., from 1976-1987, where he progressed through roles of manufacturing engineer, project engineer, product manager and division manager. He then moved on to technical director at Tape Automation Ltd., where he oversaw large-scale technology installations across Europe, U.S., and in South America, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Dubai and some North African countries, followed by the role of director of marketing and sales, overseeing a network of sales agents in the U.K., Europe, Australia, South Korea, Japan, South America and across the U.S. for EAM Inc. from 1995-2011.
QUALIFICATIONS: Over the course of my international business career, I acquired management skills that included developing and controlling large-scale budgets and negotiating and diplomacy skills that are essential in representing a wide range of people with cultural differences. The successes in my career depended heavily on building a strong basis of long-term trust with the people around me, which allowed me to refine and solidify a code of ethics that ensured a positive outcome for all parties involved. Some of my strengths are; developing, implementing and following projects through to completion. During my first term as council member, I've demonstrated my effectiveness on many levels, including helping to repair relationships between city, county, and our business community.  
- Vision: My vision for the city of Washington is that of a vibrant, integrated city that includes people of all socio-economic statuses, with a growing economic base of businesses and travel-and-tourism to ensure that the needs of all our residents are met.
- Economic growth: I will continue to work with economic development leaders at the city and county levels to bring more businesses and jobs to Washington. Economic growth is beneficial to all our residents since this adds to revenue available to the city for funding the city's recreational and cultural programs, improving quality of life to areas beyond our downtown. An emphasis should be placed on adopting best practices from similar cities that are successfully growing and managing that growth.
- Community: Maintain continuous outreach to encourage constructive dialog with residents to benefit from their wealth of ideas and potential solutions to challenges our city faces. Summary: I believe a city council member must represent everyone in Washington and must bear this in mind for every matter put before the council. It is my intention to continue to respectfully serve and make a positive contribution to our city's future.
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Campaign website
Wyman's campaign website stated the following:
| “ | My vision for the city of Washington is that of a vibrant, integrated city that includes people of all socio-economic statuses, with a growing economic base of businesses and travel-and-tourism to ensure that the needs of all our residents are met.
Work with economic development leaders at the city and county levels to bring more businesses and jobs to Washington.
Work with travel-and-tourism organizations as well as WHDA, to improve, maintain, and promote our city’s cultural heritage, its charming setting, and other attractive attributes.
Help ensure our city planners maintain a priority on city drainage and traffic issues and foster close cooperation with state and county entities to develop and implement unified action plans.
Maintain continuous outreach to encourage constructive dialog with residents to benefit from their wealth of ideas and potential solutions to challenges our city faces.[3] |
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| —Roland Wyman’s campaign website (2019)[4] | ||
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
Focused on local economic development[3] |
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| —Roland Wyman[1] | ||
See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- City of Washington website
- Washington City Council webpage
- Official campaign website
- Campaign Youtube channel
- LinkedIn page
- Personal Facebook page
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on August 11, 2019
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Roland Wyman," accessed September 20, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Roland Wyman’s campaign website, “Vision,” accessed September 20, 2019
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