W. Colon Moore

W. Colon Moore is the assistant superintendent for administration and operations for Union County Public Schools. He has over 30 years of experience in commercial construction and project management.

Prior to UCPS, Colon Moore was the Director of Facility Planning and Construction for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools since June 2016. He oversaw an eight-year, $350 million bond passed in 2016 and started planning for the anticipated 2024 bond. The bond allowed for the expenditure of $87.5 million every two years and included two new schools, four replacement schools, five school additions, four major renovations, two stadium replacements and four traffic improvement projects. Also included in the bond were $30 million of maintenance and capital improvements and $24 million of technology upgrades.

Prior to WS/FCS, Moore spent most of his career in the commercial general contracting and construction consulting business. He received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Construction from North Carolina State University and has been a licensed general contractor in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. He most recently served as Chairman of the Winston-Salem (NC) Chamber of Commerce Construction Industry Council and is on the Board of Directors of the NC Association for Learning Environments (A4LE). In 2008, Colon was elected to a two-year term on the Stokes County (NC) Board of Education. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Greater Winston-Salem YMCA, the Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, the King (NC) Chamber of Commerce, and the King Public Library.

Colon enjoys spending time with his children. Jordan is a 2019 graduate of the University of NC at Charlotte, Jacob is a 2021 graduate of Belmont Abbey College and Addy is a freshman at Forsyth Technical Community College.