John A. Reid joined the Uwharrie Charter Academy Board of Directors in 2022. He is a retired
law enforcement officer with 30 years of service. He is currently an Assistant Professor of
Criminal Justice and a Law Enforcement Consultant at Pfeiffer University. He has served the
Randolph County community as a graduate of Leadership Randolph, membership on the Farmer
Elementary School Advisory Council, the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, and the State
Employees Credit Union Advisory Board. He has also served as President of the N.C. Chapter of
the FBI National Academy Associates. Additionally, he has coached football and women’s
basketball at Southwestern Randolph High School for several years. John and his family are
members at First Baptist Church in Asheboro, where he has served both as Deacon and
Chairman of the Diaconate.

John earned his BS from East Carolina University and his MS from the University of Alabama.
He is also a graduate of the 221st Session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
John was born and raised in Albemarle, N.C. but now resides in Asheboro with his wife Lora
and two children, Allee and Bryson.