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Bobby Ervin

North Carolina Ambassador

Name: Bobby J. Ervin

Hometown:  Fayetteville

Business Position:  Vice President for Technology, Fayetteville Community College

Civilian Education:  Bachelor of Arts – History – Wake Forest University; Masters of Business Administration – Campbell University; Post Graduate study – North Carolina State University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Organizations/Clubs/Philanthropies:  Kiwanis Club – Secretary; Sons of the American Revolution – Past President/State Registrar; Clifford Duell Masonic Lodge – Past Master; Snyder Memorial Baptist Church – Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Choir Member

Military Retirement Date, Rank, Service:  1 June 1999, Colonel, Army Reserve

Name of Spouse and Children:  Spouse - Janice, Children – Wayne, Rhonda, Eric, Alyson, Laura

Army Reserve Ambassador Bobby J. Ervin retired as a Colonel with 30 years of service in the United States Army and Army Reserve.  He command positions include: 3d Brigade (Combat Support), 108th Division; 6/108th Military Intelligence School; 2/108th Battalion.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and Command and General Staff College and various other leadership and skills training courses. 

Since retiring from the Army Reserve, he actively serves on the Military Affairs Council for the Greater Fayetteville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a past chairman, and is a board member of various other organizations, such as the American Red Cross, United Way and Goodwill Industries.