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NCDIT »   About »   Leadership »   Torre Jessup

Torre Jessup

Torre Jessup, Chief Operating OfficerChief Operating Officer

As chief operating officer, Torre Jessup oversees the N.C. Department of Information Technology’s administrative functions, which include human resources, legislative affairs, internal audit, procurement, communications and facilities.

He most recently served more than four years as commissioner of the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles, where he oversaw daily operations and provided strategic direction for the division’s key functions, including vehicle registration, driver license issuance, vehicle safety and emissions inspections as well as activities to halt vehicle theft and identity fraud. Under his leadership, NCDMV relocated its headquarters from Raleigh to Rocky Mount, made significant process improvements and expanded online services.

Jessup’s experience also includes director of the Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization for the U.S. Department of Transportation and regional administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration's Southeast Sunbelt Region.

He also spent 20 years in the office of North Carolina Rep. Mel Watt as district director and in various liaison roles. During his tenure, Jessup set policy objectives, oversaw district-level strategy and operations and managed outreach and constituent affairs. 

He also served appointments on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Motor Vehicle Administrators and North Carolina Criminal Justice Information Network, as well as the North Carolina Human Relations Commission and the Charlotte Metropolitan Transit Finance Working Group.

Jessup is a graduate of Morehouse College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology with a concentration in criminal justice.

Leadership

  • James A. Weaver
  • Carol Burroughs
  • Nate Denny
  • Cherie Givens
  • L. V. Pokey Harris
  • Joey Harrison
  • Torre Jessup
  • Susan Kellogg
  • Dan Kempton
  • Glenn Mack
  • Rob Main
  • Nicole Meister
  • Glenn Poplawski
  • Jonathan Shaw
  • Frank Winn

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