Carolyn Hunt
Carolyn Joyce Hunt (''
née''
Leonard; born July 3, 1937) is an American educator and politician who, as the wife of
Jim Hunt, served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977 and twice-served as the
First Lady of North Carolina, from 1977 to 1985 and again from 1993 to 2001. She is the longest serving first lady in North Carolina history and she and her husband were the first governor and first lady to serve two four-year terms in North Carolina. As first lady, she served as the Chairwoman of the advisory council for the Governor's Office of Citizen Affairs, which promoted volunteerism throughout the state, and as Chairwoman of the North Carolina Friendship Force Program, a chapter of
Friendship Force International, which promoted international
student exchange programs in
state public schools. In between her terms as first lady, she served on the board of directors and the executive committee of Friendship Force International and, in 1986, was elected to the
Wilson County Public School Board.
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