{"id":2969,"date":"2026-01-09T11:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2969"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:47:30","slug":"thanks-to-bob-phillips","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/articles\/thanks-to-bob-phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to Bob Phillips for 25 years of amazing leadership of Common Cause North Carolina"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2969","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-article"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","article_type":70,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":36},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_video","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_video":{"video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NaaskgsyS44","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"After 25 years of outstanding leadership, our Bob Phillips retired this month from Common Cause North Carolina. For over two decades, Bob led our North Carolina team as a champion of voter empowerment and government accountability, steadfastly working to build a democracy for all.\r\n\r\nTo thank Bob for his years of amazing leadership and to wish him a bon voyage for what\u2019s next, we held a surprise retirement party with family, friends, and our Common Cause NC team. At the event, Bob was presented with the prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine, bestowed by the Governor for Bob's extraordinary service to North Carolina.\r\n\r\nWe also launched a special new scholarship fund in Bob's honor for students participating in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/hbcu-student-action-alliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HBCU Student Action Alliance<\/strong><\/a>, a wonderful program Bob created 20 years ago.\r\n\r\n<strong>We thank Bob for everything he's done for our state and we're grateful he'll continue to be part of our Common Cause North Carolina family!<\/strong>\r\n\r\nStay tuned for exciting news about who will succeed Bob as leader of Common Cause North Carolina!\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">MORE:<\/h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/common-cause-north-carolina-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donate to Common Cause North Carolina<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/north-carolina\/actions\/im-in-for-2025-volunteer-with-common-cause-north-carolina\/\"><strong>Volunteer with Common Cause North Carolina<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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