Britt Cobb

W. Britt Cobb

W. Britt Cobb, Jr is the current Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of North Carolina. Cobb was appointed to his current position in June of 2003 following the resignation of Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps.

Cobb was born in Elm City, North Carolina, and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cobb began working for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture shortly after his graduation as a food-distribution representative, and was the first agriculture director at North Carolina's European Office in West Germany during the late 1970s.

In 1991, Cobb was named assistant director of marketing for the agriculture department, and he was appointed to the post of interim agriculture commissioner in June 2003 following the resignation of Meg Scott Phipps. His appointment as North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture was made official in December 2003; that same month, he announced his candidacy for the post in the 2004 statewide general elections.

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