Meg Scott Phipps

Meg Scott Phipps is an American former politician and convicted felon who served as the Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of North Carolina from 2001 to 2003.

After two campaign aides were indicted and one pleaded guilty to federal fraud and extortion charges, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley asked Phipps to resign her position.

[citation needed] On June 6, 2003, she resigned and was replaced by interim commissioner Britt Cobb.

After three years she was hired by Alamance Community College to teach women's studies and undertook further education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, earning a Master of Arts degree.

She later worked as an administrator for assisted living facilities in Mebane and Chapel Hill before retiring and moving with her husband to Lake Lure in 2017.