2020 Status of Women in North Carolina: Political Participation Report Leaders Status of Women in NC: Political Participation Report Meet the women leaders featured in the report Marikay Abuzuaiter At-large Council Member Nida Allam County Commissioner Cheri Beasley Chief Justice Paula Dance Sheriff Valerie Foushee North Carolina Senator (D-District 23) Dr. Whitney Manzo Assistant Professor and Prelaw Advisor Jo Nicholas President Dr. Brucie Ogletree Richardson Chief Sarah Preston Executive Director Robin Robinson District Court Judge Caroline Searcy Historian of Wilson Area Youth Council Nyanna Sherrod President of Rocky Mount Area Youth Council Sarah Stevens House Speaker Pro Tempore (R-District 90) Lyric Thompson Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Alexandra Valladares At-large Member