Who is Pat McCrory's Wife, Ann McCrory?
Ann McCrory worked as vice president of human resources for the YMCA and regional human resources manager at Cigna.
She was the first lady of Charlotte, North Carolina, through her husband's seven terms as mayor. He has previously served three terms as the mayor From 1995 to 2009.
She assumed the First Lady of North Carolina role and moved into the North Carolina Executive Mansion after her husband's inauguration as governor in 2013.
Throughout her time as the first lady, McCrory kept a reasonably low profile and refused to be interviewed by news and media outlets.
She rarely appeared in public, and in January 2013, she declined to host the Junior League's traditional first lady's luncheon in Raleigh.
Her first public appearance was on November 7, 2012, at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, where she introduced her husband as the next governor of North Carolina.
McCrory participated in an event at the Durham Rescue Mission in Durham, North Carolina, to serve meals to women and children served by the facility in January 2013.
One of McCrory's main projects as the first lady was to regulate puppy mills in North Carolina. She introduced a bill in the North Carolina state legislature in 2013, which failed to pass.
During a debate in the North Carolina House of Representatives, where McCrory was present in the visitors' gallery, Representative Michael Special of New Bern derided his proposed bill requiring breeds of specific sizes to adhere to standards including dog exercise and humane euthanasia practices.
In 2015, McCrory and Pat released a joint statement regarding the death of Jimmy Goins, President of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.