EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• 28 years experience in State Government and over 30 years active duty and reserve military experience (Retired Army Colonel)
• Former Deputy Secretary of the NC Department of Correction
• Former Chief Deputy Secretary for the NC Department of Transportation
• Former Deputy Commander for Contingency Base Camps, US Army Central Command, Kuwait, Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003)
• Former Director of Operations for Headquarters XVIII Airborne Corps, Operations Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom (2001-2002)
• Former Senior Fiscal Analyst, NC General Assembly
• Bachelor's Degree in Sociology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
• Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Master's in Strategic Studies, United States Army War College
• Duke University Program for Innovations in State & Local Government
• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government's Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government

Fred Aikens is a native of Wilmington, NC and a 1968 graduate of Williston Senior High School. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Lucy Aikens, and they have two married, adult daughters and one grandson. He currently serves on the Wake County Citizens' Facilities Advisory Committee, the Hannah Keith Scholarship Fund, and the NC Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Board. He is a past member of the following civic groups and associations:

Raleigh Southeast Lions Club

Executive Council of the NC National Guard Association

Life Member of the National Guard Association

Chair of the Headquarters and Employees Committee of the NC National Guard Association

Life Member of the University of North Carolina Alumni Association

Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council

Board Member of the Healing Place of Wake County

Wake County United Way Board Member

Vice Chair of the Youth Issue Team, Triangle United Way

Member of the State Government Management Improvement Council

Chair of the State Government Information Technology Management Advisory Council

Member of the Information Resources Management Council

Member of the Triangle Society and Capital City Club

Trustee, Wake Chapel Church