Bio

Paige Harris received a B.A. and an M.A. from East Carolina University. She is also a non-degreed alumna of NC State who majored in political science. Harris’ first career was in the NC Community College system teaching women’s history. Currently, Harris is a principal at Flatlands Jessup Insurance Group, which has grown out of an agency her father started in 1963. She is a lifetime member of the Alumni Association and previously served as president of its board of directors. In 2020, Harris was awarded the Meritorious Service Award from the association. She also served as chair of the Washington-Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce, which named her its Community Leader of the Year in 2016. Today, Harris serves her community through leadership in the Women in Search of Excellence (WISE) organization. She is also the Vice Chair of NC State’s Wolfpack Women in Philanthropy. Harris’ husband, Scott, is an NC State alumnus (B.S., forest management, 1994). The couple has two children, one College of Natural Resources graduate and one current student in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.