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On Aug. 19, 2020, Gov. Roy Cooper announced the appointment of Bettie Parker, mayor of Elizabeth City, to the North Carolina Code Officials Qualifications Board. Previously, Parker was a high school math teacher.

Parker is the first woman to be mayor of Elizabeth City and was the first African American woman to be elected as an at-large member of the Pasquotank County Board of Commissioners.

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