Valene K. McMasters

Valene K. McMasters is a Forsyth County District Court Judge, appointed by Governor Roy Cooper in December 2021 to replace Judge Denise S. Hartsfield, who retired, per the North Carolina Governor's office. Before her appointment she was the managing attorney at Legal Aid of North Carolina and earlier an associate at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, earning her B.A. at Cornell University and her J.D. at Boston College Law, per the WS Chronicle. She served as President of the Forsyth County Bar Association from 2010 to 2011 and President of the Winston-Salem Bar Association from 2006 to 2008, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.