Executive decisions.

• Position: Triangle

As a candidate for governor, Republican Pat McCrory pledged to make government more responsive to business, so he stocked his cabinet with secretaries who have executive experience, most of them in the private sector.

Administration

BILL DAUGHTRIDGE

President of Rocky Mount-based Daughtridge Gas & Oil Co., the fuel distributor his family owns; served in the state House 2002-08, chairing its commerce committee 2005-06

Commerce

SHARON DECKER

Worked 17 years for what's now Charlotte-based Duke Energy Corp.; president of Rutherfordton-based Tanner Cos.' Doncaster women's apparel division 1999-2004; started nonprofit for women in 2004

Revenue

LYONS GRAY

Worked for Winston-Salem-based RI Reynolds Tobacco Co., which his grandfather led 1924-35; served 14 years in the General Assembly; CFO of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2005-09

Cultural Resources

SUSAN KLUTTZ

As Salisbury's longest-serving mayor 1997-2011, developed city's cultural-arts and master-tourism plans; founding member of North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition, as was McCrory

Public Safety

KIERAN SHANAHAN

Former federal prosecutor concentrating on white-collar crime whose Raleigh firm, Shanahan Law Group PLLC, focuses on business litigation; former finance chair of state Republican Party

Environment and Natural Resources

JOHN SKVARLA

Most recently chief operating officer of Raleigh-based Restoration Systems LLC, which rebuilds wetlands; believes science behind climate change isn't solid and fossil fuels may not be finite

Transportation

TONY TATA

Deputy commanding general of U.S...