Chancellor Donald Reaves presents Attorney Beverly R. Mitchell a plaque in honor of her service to WSSU.
announced recently that she would retire as General Legal Counsel of Winston-Salem State University effective June 30, 2009.
A surprise retirement party was thrown in her honor in the chancellor’s boardroom on Friday, June 19, following the WSSU Board of Trustee’s meeting. “We simply wanted to say thank you to Beverly for her many years of service to the university and the community at large,” said Chancellor Donald Reaves. “We wish her all the best in any of her future endeavors.”
Mitchell, who was previously owner of a general civil practice firm, was named legal counsel at WSSU in July 2000, bringing to the position at that time more than two decades of diverse management, civil, legal and professional experience.
Before opening her private practice, she had served as associate director of the Raleigh Community Relations Commission, where she developed an effective dropout prevention program for the City of Raleigh that reduced significantly the dropout rate and increased parent involvement in the public schools. As a former project director with the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, she was instrumental in creating a network of people from highly diverse backgrounds and positions to work together to enhance the business community through the development of seminars, workshops, conferences and neighborhood meetings.
In Winston-Salem, Mitchell has worked in numerous civic leadership roles, including membership on the boards of the United Way of Forsyth County, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Mediation Services of Forsyth County, City of Winston-Salem Human Relations Commission, Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina, and the North Carolina Council on the Status of Women, and Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc.
Mitchell is the recipient of a number of community leadership and outstanding service awards.
Mitchell attended Bennett College in Greensboro. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law.
She is a member of the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, North Carolina State Bar. She has served as President of the Forsyth County Bar Association, and 21st Judicial Bar. In addition, Mitchell is a member of and has served as past president of the Winston-Salem Bar Association. She was also a member of the North Carolina General Statutes Commission, where she served for six years as an appointee of the Governor.
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