About Us: Peaches Blank

Businesswoman; Healthcare consultant: Vice Chair of the Board of HealthMark Partners: Deputy to the Governor Don Sundquist of Tennessee (First female in history to hold this position): Private Consulting in Healthcare and Government: President, Hospital Alliance of Tennessee: (Quoted in NY Times, LA Times; appeared on Today Show) Senior Policy Staff to Governor Lamar Alexander of Tennessee: Director, Health Facilities commission:

NCSTATE University

  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees, 4 years (elected annually)
  • Chair, Campus and Student Affairs Committee, Board of Trustees
  • Chair, Endowment Board
  • Board of Visitors, member initial board
  • 1993 Distinguished Alumni in the College of Humanities Arts and Sciences
  • The Walter Hines Page Endowed Scholarship in the College of Humanities
  • Alumni Association, Lifetime Member
  • Chancellor's Search Committee
  • (Marye Anne Fox and Jim Oblinger)

Selected Community Activities (past and present)

  • Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Chairman appointed by Governor Ned McWherter for Two Terms - elected chairman after one year of service; first female in the Southern States to chair a coordinating board in higher education
  • Member, NC Higher Education Bond Oversight Committee
  • YWCA Public Funding Committee, Chairman
  • Junior League of Nashville, Vice President, Executive Committee
  • Nashville City Club, board member (first female on the board)
  • Southern Regional Education Board, Member
  • Baptist Hospital Foundation, Vice Chairman
  • The Harpeth Hall School, Grade Level Coordinator
  • 1988 North Carolina Association of Students Councils Leadership award
  • Leadership Nashville, Alumni

Church Activities: (past and present)

  • United Methodist Church, Member
  • Chairman, Nominations Committee
  • Chairman, Finance Committee
  • Member, Administrative Board
  • Chairman, Work area on Education
  • Delegate to Annual Conference
  • Chairman, Stewardship Campaign
  • Teacher, Senior High School Sunday school

Education

  • 1974 MA in Public Administration, Minor in Economics, North Carolina State University
  • 1973 BA Degree in Political Science, North Carolina State University
  • 1969 Frank L. Ashley High School, Gastonia, NC

Widow - one daughter, Raleigh Anne Blank, age 20