Wilbur P. (Wib) Gulley (born July 31, 1948) is an attorney and former state and local elected official from Durham, North Carolina.
As Mayor, Gulley initiated Durham's affordable housing program, led neighborhood protection and center city revitalization efforts, and negotiated the City's acquisition of the local bus system from the Duke Power Company.
[4] During his time in the state Senate, Gulley sponsored legislation that led to North Carolina's and the nation's first public financing of election campaigns for judicial office (for NC Supreme Court and NC Court of Appeals seats), as well as numerous campaign law reforms.
In that capacity he is helping lead regional efforts to initiate passenger rail service and expanded transit options.
Since retiring from Triangle Transit, Gulley has worked as an adjunct professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy in Durham, North Carolina.