Ruth Turner Camp Joins Cultural Resources as Business Development and Special Projects Manager

RALEIGH, N.C. - April 16, 2013 - PRLog -- RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz has announced the appointment of Ruth Turner Camp as Business Development and Special Projects Manager for Cultural Resources, effective April 1. Camp has more than 20 years of experience working with non-profit and community organizations, corporate and educational institutions, and small- to medium-sized companies.

"We are fortunate that someone with Ruth's experience in public relations, fundraising, and marketing has joined our team,” said Secretary Kluttz. “Her familiarity with diverse communities and platforms will be an invaluable asset to us at Cultural Resources."

At Cultural Resources Camp will manage fundraising, enhance the department's database of supporters, write and execute grant applications, and plan and support special events for the department.

As president of Turner Camp International, LLC, she provided strategic planning, creative marketing and public relations services to respected corporations, non-profits and educational institutions with extensive community involvement and lobbying with effective multi-party relationships.

Camp is also trustee and secretary of the Josephine S. Leiser Foundation, a Florida-based charitable organization that supports community organizations, educational institutions and healthcare initiatives in western North Carolina and Florida. She is past president of the World Trade Center of North Carolina and past international trade specialist with the Small Business & Technology Development Center.

About the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources:

The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's cultural resources to build the social, cultural and economic future of North Carolina. Led by Secretary Susan W. Kluttz, NCDCR's mission to enrich lives and communities creates opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history and libraries in North Carolina that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state's history and promote the creative economy. NCDCR was the first state organization in the nation to include all agencies for arts and culture under one umbrella.

Through arts efforts led by the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. Symphony and the N.C. Museum of Art; NCDCR offers the opportunity for enriching arts education for young and old alike and economic stimulus engines for our state's communities. NCDCR's Divisions of State Archives, Historical Resources, State Historic Sites and State History Museums preserve, document and interpret North Carolina's rich cultural heritage. NCDCR's State Library of North Carolina is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in our state; developing and supporting access to traditional and online collections such as genealogy and resources for the blind and physically handicapped.

NCDCR annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council and the State Archives. NCDCR champions our state's creative industry that accounts for more than 300,000 jobs and generates nearly $18.5 billion in revenues. For more information, call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.