Meet Bryan O’Neill

Candidate for Transylvania County Commissioner

I live in Connestee Falls, Transylvania County is my home. My wife of 50 years Rachel, was a special education teacher for 36 years, tutors reading at Brevard Elementary and my son Dylan is a Mechanical Engineer.

My first involvement in service to the community was in Connestee as chair of the Student Scholarship program, Strategic Planning, the committee that authored the Strategic Plan and the Comprehensive Master Plan and then to the Board of Directors.

I have been a SCORE Mentor for over 5 years working with several small businesses and non-profits like Sharing House, Rise & Shine, The Veterans Museum. I am a member of the Pisgah Forest Rotary and am on the Boards of FWRD Transylvania and Transylvania Partners for Democracy

I am a graduate of the VISION program, class of 2020.

I have a Masters in Business Administration And a diverse business background at the President and CEO level with businesses of up to $110 million in revenue.

I got involved with county politics in 2022 on the precinct level first as vice chair then chair. With this involvement I became aware of issues in the County. In the forefront with voters was the financing and repairs of our Schools.

When a vacancy opened on the Board of Education in 2023 I threw my hat in the ring with hopes that I could impact the lack of progress with the bond. I was chosen to fill the position.

My primary focus naturally was the bond issue. It didn’t take long to realize that the lack of progress was not in the control of the BOE but with the County Commission. Although we lost the election the focus on the schools resulted in the issuance of the school bonds and a binding agreement between the County Commission and the School Board for the management of bond financed construction.