Susan W. Kluttz

Susan W. Kluttz
Secretary of North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Assumed office
January 5, 2013
Preceded by Linda Carlisle
Mayor of Salisbury, North Carolina
In office
1997–2011
Preceded by Margaret Kluttz
Succeeded by Paul Woodson
Personal details
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) William
Children 2
Alma mater Mt. Vernon Junior College;
BA, UNC-Greensboro

Susan Wear Kluttz is the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and a former longest serving mayor of Salisbury, North Carolina.

Early life and education

Kluttz is a graduate of Boyden High School (now Salisbury High School) and Mt. Vernon Junior College in Washington, D.C.. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.[1][2]

Career

She has worked in Rowan County at the Waterworks Visual Arts Center and YMCA.[2]

Prior to becoming mayor of Salisbury, Kluttz served as an executive assistant to the Superintendent of the Rowan-Salisbury School System. Her father, John Wear, was a former mayor and encouraged her to run after the then-mayor, Margaret Kluttz (no direct relation), did not seek re-election in 1997. Susan Kluttz won the most votes in the election and served as the city's mayor until 2011, becoming the city's longest serving mayor.[3]

After Pat McCrory, a Republican was elected Governor of North Carolina in 2012, he named Kluttz, a Democrat, to be Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources. This position oversees the State Library of North Carolina, the North Carolina Museum of History, the North Carolina Symphony and other cultural and nature-related agencies.[4] She took office on January 5, 2013.[1]

Personal life

She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband William C. Kluttz, Jr., a District Court judge. They have two children.[1][2]

She is also an active member of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church and is a part of Western North Carolina Rail Coalition committee.[2]

Honors

She received a Citizen of the Year award in 2002 from the Salisbury Civitan club and a year later was awarded Woman of the Year award from the Lion's Club. In 2004 she received the Salisbury-Rowan Ministerial Association Community Spirit award and was awarded the Elizabeth Duncan Koontz Humanitarian Award the same year.[2]

Catawba College established a scholarship in her name for students studying environmental science in 2007.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Secretary Susan W. Kluttz". North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Catawba College Scholarship Established in Honor of Salisbury Mayor Susan Kluttz". Catawba College. January 2, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. Ford, Emily (March 17, 2012). "Susan Kluttz reflects on her tenure". Salisbury Post. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  4. Jarvis, Craig (December 28, 2012). "New cultural resources secretary brings diversity – and controversy – to the job". Raleigh News and Observer. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
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