Fall 1990 intern is N.C. college instructor

Anthony Petty, who interned with the Baptist Joint Committee in 1990, teaches at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh. He has also been an adjunct instructor at Campbell University.

Petty earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Appalachian State University and a Master of Arts from North Carolina State University.

Previously, Petty served on the staffs of former Gov. Jim Hunt, the North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, former Sen. John Edwards and the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits.

Petty grew up in Raleigh and now lives in nearby Wake Forest with his wife, Carolyn, and their two children, Allison and Tommy. He is a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Raleigh, where he has served as a deacon, a Sunday school teacher and in other leadership capacities.

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