WILMA’s Leadership Institute: Meet Bailey Post

Snapshot of this year's Leadership Institute members

WILMA’s 2025 Leadership Institute, an annual nine-month program, gives area women the opportunity to learn from leaders in the region, visit a range of local companies, and serve as each others’ personal board of directors.

The program is part of the WILMA Leadership Initiative, created to help develop more women leaders in our area.

Meet institute member BAILEY POST.


PostBailey Post

Title: Executive Assistant

Company: 15th District Public Defender’s Office

How long have you been with your current employer? 1 year

Alma Mater: UNCW

Prior career experience: I started my career as a 911 dispatcher with the Boone Police Department, transitioned to the Clerk’s Office as a Deputy Clerk, then to the District Attorney’s Office first as the Teen Court Director then to Victim Witness Legal Assistant and Administrative Assistant, and then to my current role in the PD’s Office.

Current job responsibilities: I manage all personnel, do the hiring, scheduling, ordering, disposition reporting, and anything else that comes up in any of our 3 offices around the district in Brunswick, Bladen, or Columbus counties. I support the Chief Public Defender in his mission of protecting the rights of our indigent clients.

Hobbies: I love to see live music of all kinds, travel to new places and run too far. I also like to read or walk on the beach and hangout with my dogs.


To learn more about WILMA’s Leadership Institute and Initiative, go to https://www.wilmamag.com/leadership/

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