Beverly Perdue, Former Governor of North Carolina

 

May 2, 2013

Governor Beverly Perdue served the citizens of North Carolina for more than 25 years through January, 2013. As Governor, she managed a budget of more than $51 billion, some 275,000 State employees, and was responsible for the welfare of 9.6 million citizens.During her political career, Dr. Perdue also chaired the North Carolina Health & Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF), the private-public partnership that oversees the State’s portion of the Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco industry. Under her leadership, HWTF negotiated a multi-million dollar partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield to tackle childhood obesity, as well as launching the first ever multi-media campaign to reduce teen smoking resulting in 53,000 fewer teens smoking in North Carolina since 2003. Lieutenant Governor Perdue also led the creation of Senior Care, a State prescription drug program recognized by the AARP as the best prescription drug program for seniors in the US. She holds a PhD in Educational Administration and a Masters of Education degree in College Administration from the University of Florida, and a BA degree in History from the University of Kentucky.