Secretary Sharon Decker today announced that Dale Folwell will become the Assistant Secretary of Employment Security at the N.C. Department of Commerce.
“We’re putting more emphasis on customer service by increasing access to programs that help unemployed individuals rejoin the workforce while streamlining the process to ensure legitimate claims are processed quickly,” said Decker. “We must also improve communications with employers and prevent the release of improper benefits in order to strengthen the integrity of the NC unemployment insurance system.”
At the Division of Employment Security, Folwell will be responsible for overseeing the state’s unemployment insurance system. This role includes all aspects of claim determination, employer account management and legal enforcement of employment security law.
Folwell served four terms in the N.C. House of Representatives. He was elected as the Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives for the 2011-2012 legislative session. Folwell received his B.S. and Masters in Accounting from UNC-Greensboro. He is the former Vice President and Registered Investment Advisor for Deutsche Bank/Alex Brown. After graduating from the North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership in 1989, he served for eight years on the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education.