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Updated December 14, 2020 11:50 a.m. EST
By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter
Raleigh, N.C. The State Board of Community Colleges named a new system president Monday, going with Thomas Stith, who heads the Small Business Administration s North Carolina division and was former Gov. Pat McCrory s chief of staff.
Stith replaces Peter Hans, who left the system earlier this year to head the University of North Carolina system.
The board approved Stith on a unanimous vote. Although other candidates were discussed during the largely secret process, no one else was nominated during a quick morning meeting of the board, and there was no discussion before the vote.
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Thomas Stith III of Charlotte is president-elect of the North Carolina Community College system. The Durham native and North Carolina Central University graduate is currently district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The president-elect of North Carolina’s community college system is from Charlotte.
Thomas Stith III, who has two decades of experience in public service and business, will lead the state’s 58 community college system after his election Monday by the State Board of Community Colleges. Stith, 57, is currently district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, where he has led the federal agency’s response to COVID-19 in North Carolina. Those initiatives have resulted in more than $16 billion in support for small businesses in the state.