Merrie Jo Alcoke joined the N.C. Board of Transportation in September 2022 and represents Division 2.
She is a native and current resident of New Bern. She recently served as the director of the governor’s eastern office. Before that, Alcoke was in private practice as an attorney with Ward and Smith, P.A. where she specialized in environmental matters.
Alcoke spent most of her legal career in the N.C. Attorney General's Office, working as a senior coastal attorney for the N.C. Division of Coastal Management. She has also worked as a certified mediator in N.C. Civil Superior Court.
She is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the university’s School of Law. Alcoke is active in her community, including board service in the areas of conservation and historic preservation.