Steve Bilzi for School Board

8 years on New Hanover County Board of Education, including serving as chairman

Elected by statewide school board members to NC School Board Association Board of Directors

Selected by State Association to National School Board Association, Federal Relations Network - association lobbying arm in Washington

Present Chairman of regional Gang Task Force

13 year member and present chairman of Board of Directors, Wilmington Health Access for Teens (provider of wellness clinics to our public schools)

County Commissioners' appointment to New Hanover County Community Action Board of Directors (Head Start, Family Support Network), served as chairman, 5 years

Governor's appointee to Business Education Technology Alliance (BETA), think tank created to insure North Carolina's leadership in integrating technology between business, government, and the educational systems

Board of Directors and chairman, Food Bank of SE North Carolina

Former member Wilmington Rotary Club, present charter member Optimist Club of the Port City

Trained Red Cross Damage Assessment Expert - travel to disasters for initial damage assessments. Many certificates of commendation from Red Cross.

25 years Boy Scout/leader: Cubmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Adult Leader Trainer, Wood Badge Trained

Mayor's Safe Communities Committee and Bomb Threat Task force

Member committee of 800 developing NHCS original Strategic Plan

Project Assist Volunteer

Azalea Festival Volunteer, 1997, 1998, 1999.

Roland-Grise Health Fair Coordinator

Bradley Creek, Roland-Grise, and Hoggard Odyssey of the Mind teams coach

PAGE: Parents for the Advancement of Gifted Education: officer and organizer, 4 years

Safe Schools Committee, wrote parent component

PTA/PTO/PTSA President, Vice President, PTA council representative, multiple years each, elementary, middle, and high schools, NC and California

School Improvement teams, elementary, middle, and high school

Board of Directors, Northside Resource Center

Board of Directors, Wilmington Sports Commission

Vice chairman of NHC Republican Party, Harnett 3 Precinct chairman

Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Student Success Committee, 3 years

Newsletter editor for Bradley Creek, Roland-Grise, and Hoggard (State award winning) newspapers

Net Day director, coordinator, and volunteer, Bradley Creek, Roland-Grise, and Hoggard

Boys baseball and Girls' softball coach 3 years

Personally researched and made motion against all district pressure to create in six months a plan for an alternative school to accept disruptive students. Travelled around the state and found the model program that became Lake Forest Academy, our highly awarded facility.

Rising test scores

Increased attendance rate

Narrowing of achievement gap

More children attending college, with more scholarships

Two major redistricting efforts completed with a minimum of disruption and controversy. Hands on partnership in planning for these as chairman

Several new schools and facilities completed, bond money allocated with over 90% of projects completed under budget and on time.

Older facilities given new life through painstakingly completed major renovations

Maintenance efficiency improved so that average work order went from six weeks to under ten days

Changed board meetings from two monthly to one, saving money

Lobbied creation of Curriculum Oversight Committee

Elected to NC School Board Association Board of Directors

Selected by NC School Board Association to to National School Board Association Federal Relations Network, Federal lobbying arm of the association

Instrumental (Chairman of the non-profit's board) in institution of wellness centers in several schools, with more planned

School nurses placed in all schools

As a technology consultant, closely monitored the injection of relevant high technology into the classroom environment

Lead scientist for the district for the last 6 of my 8 years on the board

Requested and instituted extra stipend for Nationally Certified Teachers

Served on the initial organizing group, subsequent planning committee, and a major writer of entire components of SAGE, the gifted program

Secured school board membership on Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation and county Parks and Recreation Board

Fought for expansion of year round education, including middle school

Family:

Steve Bilzi, 59, and his wife of 31 years, Sue, have five NHCS children. Steve and Sue have travelled between them to 49 of the 50 states and over 70 countries, and are conversant in several languages. Steve is a former high school science teacher, medium sized (over 100 employees) business owner, a private pilot, and is now an Apple Computer consultant. The family travelled through 33 states looking for an environment in which Steve and Sue felt their children could grow and prosper and found Wilmington to be the destination of their dreams.

Children:

Christina Bilzi Butler, 27. attorney in Charlotte, wife of Attorney Micheal Butler
Anthony, 26, Apple Genius, Philadephia, PA, husband of Nicole, Eagle Scout
Kathryn (Katie), 23, Education Biologist, Sea World, Orlando
Giulietta, 19, pre-med UNCW
Alec, 12, 6th grade Roland-Grise, Boy Scout Patrol Leader

Education:

He holds a bachelor’s degree from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook in Earth and Space Sciences as well as a minor in Education, a NY certificate in Education and a California Secondary Education certificate from UCLA.

NC Family Recognized for Outstanding Service
and Wins a Trip to Disney!

Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 6:48am

   The Bilzi family was recognized in February during a celebration of family volunteerism at Walt Disney World Resort, for their commitment to improving their local community.
   Disney Parks, which is inspiring families to get involved with community volunteer projects through the Give a Day, Get a Disney Day program with HandsOn Network, brought together more than 100 families like the Bilzis from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada at Epcot to celebrate their exceptional work in the community and commitment to embedding the value of service in future generations.
   Steve Bilzi (father) states, “Volunteering brings families closer together. Helping those in need allows each to forget about his or her own troubles by putting them in perspective just a bit, if you have a moment give a moment see what it does for you, in focusing on another. There is no better or satisfying feeling than to know at the end of the day that you have lightened someone’s load."
   Some of Steve's efforts include volunteering at Roland-Grise Middle School as a "Watch Dog," board chairman at Wilmington Health Access for Teens, chairman of the county Gang Task Force Advisory Board, Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors, Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 239, NHC Community Action (Head Start), and SENC Food Bank boards of directors. Steve has also been former president or officer of several PTA's in 33 states over the course of 30 years. He has served on the local school board for eight years, including the state and national school board association board. He was appointed by Governor Easley to the Business Education Technology Alliance, and he is also a Governor’s Volunteer of the Year Award Winner.
   Sue (mother) is past president of the Cape Fear Garden Club which donates to the community after the Azalea Festival Annual Garden Tour, and she also volunteers at Bradley Creek Elementary.
   Giulie’s (daughter) volunteering commitments include: president of the Wilmington Health Access for Teens' Synergy peer education program, the Prom Dress Swap, tobacco prevention teen member of an Alcohol Awareness Panel, Coastal Horizons Cape Fear Coalition for a Drug Free Tomorrow, Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, a member of the NC Teen Health Council, advisor to NC School-Community Health Alliance, and a mentor for the Big Buddy program.
   Alec (son), has helped construct weatherproof benches outside the hospital's emergency room with the Boy Scouts. He has manned relief stations and city cleanup during and after the Battleship Iron Man Run. He cleaned up Hoggard High, Hugh MacRae Recreation Area, and the Senior Center as a service project with a Roland-Grise classmate this December.
   The Give A Day. Get A Disney Day program celebrates the spirit and power of families that volunteer together. One million volunteers who offer their time and resources to tackle tough community problems this year can get a one-day ticket to a Disney theme park for free. Learn more about family volunteering at www.HandsOnNetwork.org/FamilyVolunteering.

Vice chair of Republican Party 1996-98

Elected to serve a four-year School Board term from 1998-2002

1999 Elected by NC School Board Association to National School Board Association Federal Relations Network

Re-elected to serve a School Board four-year term from 2002-2006

Elected as Chairman of the Board 2002-2004

Elected to NC School Board Association Board of Directors in 2004.

	Governor Easley Appointed Mr. Bilzi to the state's "Business Education Technology Alliance," a think tank created to put North Carolina in the forefront of technology utilization in the public sector.
Governor Jim Hunt with Steve. Steve was awarded the Governor's Volunteer of the Year Award in 1995 and Volunteer awards in 1996, 1997, and 1998.

For more information, email steve@stevebilzi.com