Dr. Norman Camp’s experiences in education and government span more than four decades. He was taught in the public schools of Loudoun County, Virginia, Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, North Carolina. He has also held the position of college professor in chemistry at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a college administrator, he has held the positions of Dean of Academic Affairs (Kittrell College), Vice Chancellor of Development and Planning (Elizabeth City State University), Special Assistant to the President for Program Development and Administration (Shaw University), and Dean of Arts and Sciences (Denmark Technical College, Denmark, SC).

Dr. Camp’s government experiences include Director of School Operations for the Division of Youth Services, Assistant Director of the Office for Children, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Children, and Special Assistant to the Secretary, all for the North Carolina Department of Human Resources.

Dr. Camp has served his community in several capacities, including service on several boards and commissions such as: the NC Commission on Volunteerism and Community Services, Raleigh Parks, Recreation, and Greenway Advisory Board, South Citizen Advisory Council (Chair), Partners for Environmental Justice (Chair), Raleigh Citizen Advisory Southeast Raleigh Assembly (for Economic Development), Governor’s Character Education Advisory Committee, NC State University Chancellor’s Community Advisory Council, Interstate Migrant Education Council, Raleigh Brownfield Study Group, Wake Enterprise Board, NC Association of Community Education Board, New Bern Avenue Day Care Board, and St. Ambrose Episcopal Church Vestry.

Dr. Camp received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Shaw University, a Master of Science in Inorganic Chemistry from Arizona State University and a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry from North Carolina Central University. He received a Ph.D in Science Education from North Carolina State University. Dr. Camp has received the following honors; graduate of the Governor’s Executives Institute from the University of North Carolina, Ford Fellowship, National Urban League Summer Fellows Program, National Science Foundation Academic Year Fellow, and numerous National Science Foundation Summer Institutes for graduate studies and research in chemistry.