Ann McCrory

Ann Gordon McCrory (formerly Sturgis; born 23 November 1956) is an American human resources manager who, as the wife of Pat McCrory, was the first lady of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1995 to 2009 and first lady of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. McCrory led a fairly private life during her time as first lady, and rarely made public appearances. She has worked as the vice president of human resources for YMCA and as a regional human resources manager at Cigna.

Early life and education McCrory was born on November 23, 1956, at the Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. She is the daughter of Colonel William Price Gordon, Jr., a retired United States Air Force officer and economics professor, and Barbara Ann Binnicker Gordon. She attended Gaffney High School in Gaffney, South Carolina in the 1970s, where she was a classmate of the actress Andie MacDowell. She and her husband were the first Republicans to serve as First Lady and Governor of North Carolina in twenty years. She rarely made public appearances and declined to host the Junior League's traditional First Lady's Luncheon in Raleigh in January 2013. During the debate in the North Carolina House of Representatives, where McCrory was present in the visitor's gallery, Rep. Michael Speciale of New Bern ridiculed her proposed bill requiring breeders of a certain size to adhere to standards including exercising dogs and practicing humane euthanasia.

Governor McCrory stated in an interview in December 2019 that moving back to Charlotte was hard on him and Ann McCrory, due to threats they reportedly received while he was in office.

Personal life In 1983, while living in Columbia, South Carolina, McCrory divorced her first husband and resumed use of her maiden name.