patricia n. willoughby

Patricia N. (Tricia) Willoughby is currently the interim North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction. Appointed to the position by Governor Mike Easley in September 2004 following the resignation of Mike Ward, Willoughby will serve the remaining months of Ward's term until a new superintendent is chosen in the Council of State elections in November 2004. She was not a candidate in that election. Willoughby, a North Carolina native, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked as a public school teacher. She earned a master's degree in education from Meredith College in 1990, and was appointed to the North Carolina State Board of Education by Gov. Mike Easley in July 2001. Willoughby is currently an instructor in elementary education at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is married to Wake County district attorney Colon Willoughby and has two daughters.

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