The current North Carolina Cabinet (as of April 2005) consists of:

• Secretary of Administration Gwynn T. Swinson
• Secretary of Commerce Jim Fain
• Secretary of Correction Theodis Beck
• Secretary of Crime Control & Public Safety Bryan E. Beatty
• Secretary of Cultural Resources Lisbeth C. Evans
• Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources William G. Ross
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Carmen Hooker Odom
• Secretary of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention George Sweat
• Secretary of Revenue Norris Tolson
• Secretary of Transportation Lyndo Tippett
• President of the NC Community College System Martin Lancaster

All are appointed by:

• Governor Mike Easley

The following may be colloquially called 'Cabinet members' but as elected officials are actually members of the Council of State:

• Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue
• Secretary of State Elaine Marshall
• Attorney General Roy A. Cooper III
• Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler
• Commissioner of Insurance James E. Long
• Commissioner of Labor Cherie K. Berry
• Superintendent of Public Instruction Patricia N. Willoughby (interim)
• State Treasurer Richard H. Moore
• State Auditor Les Merritt

See also

• North Carolina Council of State election, 2004