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04/02/2026 | Press release | Archived content

Blazing a trail in academic leadership

Christy Saylor Peffer, M.S. '04, has been named superintendent of Mecklenburg County Public Schools, becoming the first woman in more than 20 years to permanently lead the division where she has spent most of her 35-year career in education.

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