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American politician

Nancy Vaughan (born Nancy Barakat, and formerly Nancy Mincello) is the 48th mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina.^[1] Having previously served on the city council in district 4 and at large, she was elected mayor on November 5, 2013, with 59% of the vote.^[2][3] Vaughan was sworn in on December 3, 2013.^[4] She was reelected in 2015, 2017 and 2022.

Vaughan served as the executive director of the Guilford Green Foundation, an LGBT advocacy group, from February 2016 until January 2018.^[5]

Early life

Vaughan was born and raised in New Jersey.^[3] She is the daughter of Fred Barakat.^[6]

Political career

Greensboro first elected Vaughan to city council in 1997 in council district 4.

She served two terms before leaving to raise her daughter, Catherine.^[7] Before her first council run, she had become known for leading a fight against the city's plans for