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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