Michael F. Easley

Under Governor Michael F. Easley’s leadership, North Carolina’s top ranked business climate prospers while the state leads the nation in education progress. Easley has restored fiscal discipline to the state’s finances while, at the same time, increasing investments in education and infrastructure - key components to recruiting and retaining high quality jobs and industry for the state. Easley’s actions put North Carolina in the top five in the country in net job growth for 2004, earned the state a number one ranking for business expansions and locations, and ensured recognition in the top four in the country for the state’s financial management.