Anna Harris Stein

Anna Harris Stein (née Harris) is an American lawyer and public health official. Between 2011 and 2024, she worked as a legal advisor for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. On January 1, 2025, as the wife of Governor Josh Stein, she became the first lady of North Carolina. In April 2025, she was appointed to the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council by the North Carolina Secretary of Adult Correction.

Early life and education Stein was born in Elkin, North Carolina, to David Harris and Patty Harris. She lived in Greenville as an infant, while her parents attended East Carolina University, and then moved to Winston-Salem when she was seven years old. The division she advises is focused on tobacco-free living, health eating, active living and injury prevention policies. Robinson falsely claimed that Stein, whose husband, Josh Stein, was running against Robinson as the Democratic nominee in the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election, was targeting him because of the election. Her husband is the state's first Jewish governor.

Stein was the guest of honor at the Junior League of Raleigh's North Carolina First Lady's Luncheon, held on January 10, 2025, at the North Carolina Museum of Art.

In April 2025, Stein was appointed to the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council by North Carolina Secretary of Adult Correction Leslie Cooley Dismukes. The council focuses on the rehabilitation and reentry into society of formerly incarcerated people. The family are members of Temple Beth Or, a Reform synagogue in Raleigh.