Governor Roy Cooper appointed Myra L. Griffin to serve as a Commissioner at the North Carolina Industrial Commission effective May 3, 2018. Governor Cooper reappointed Griffin to serve a second, six-year term beginning July 1, 2022. Following both appointments, Griffin was confirmed by the General Assembly. In addition, Griffin served as Vice-Chair of the Commission from February 7, 2019, until August 6, 2026.
Before her appointment as Commissioner, Griffin served the Commission in several capacities, first as an Agency Legal Specialist for former Commissioner Reneé C. Riggsbee, next as a Special Deputy Commissioner, and then as a Deputy Commissioner. Prior to joining the Commission, Griffin worked as an Assistant Attorney General with the Tort Claims Section of the N.C. Department of Justice. In this capacity, she served as Agency Counsel to the Industrial Commission and Prosecutor for the Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigations Unit.
Griffin received her B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994 and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1997.