Art Pope

Art Pope
Budget Director of North Carolina
In office
January 6, 2013 – September 2014
GovernorPat McCrory
Preceded byCharlie Perusse
Succeeded byLee Roberts
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 61st district
In office
April 13, 1999 – January 1, 2003
Preceded byChuck Neely
Succeeded byDon Munford (Redistricting)
In office
January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993
Preceded byCasper Holroyd
Succeeded byBrad Miller
Personal details
Born
James Arthur Pope

(1956-05-05) May 5, 1956 (age 68)
Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKatherine[1]
Children3[1]
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)
Duke University (JD)
OccupationBusinessman, attorney, philanthropist

James Arthur Pope (born May 5, 1956)[2] is an American businessman, attorney and former government official. Pope is the owner, chairman and CEO of Variety Wholesalers, a group of 370 retail stores in 16 states.[3] He is also the president and chairman of the John William Pope Foundation. He previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and recently served as the Budget Director for North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory.[4]

He founded the American conservative North Carolina think tank the Civitas Institute and co-founded the John Locke Foundation and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.[5] Pope's family foundations contributed millions of dollars to conservative causes, both nationally and in his home state.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b "North Carolina manual [serial]". [Raleigh] : North Carolina Historical Commission. 1916 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference North Carolina Manual 2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Mildenberg, David (Jul 3, 2017). "Art Pope's Variety Wholesalers comes up Roses amid recent retail tumult". Business North Carolina. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017.
  4. ^ WRAL (2012-12-20). "Pope, Shanahan find place in McCrory cabinet". WRAL.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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  7. ^ Gold, Matea (19 July 2014). "In N.C., conservative donor Art Pope sits at heart of government he helped transform". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 March 2022.