Secretary Kenneth R. Lay

Secretary Kenneth R. Lay has more than 35 years of executive management experience in the information technology and finance industries. Most recently, he worked at Bank of America in Charlotte in both Marketing and Information Technology positions.

He was selected by Governor Beverly Perdue to lead the Department of Revenue and took the oath of office on January 12, 2009.

Before joining Bank of America, Mr. Lay was a senior vice president at JPMorgan Chase in New York City where he held senior positions in Consumer Banking, Technology, and Treasury Services. He also served on the board of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation.

Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, he worked for IBM in several senior capacities in sales, education & training and as president of a subsidiary.

Mr. Lay received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1971. He serves as the co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Leadership Center at Morehouse College in Atlanta and is an Advisory Board member of the Kaplan Graduate School of Management in Fort Lauderdale. He is also a board member of the Afro-American Cultural Center of Charlotte. Mr. Lay, 60, is married and has two daughters.

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