Nancy Vaughan


Nancy Vaughan is the 48th mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina. Having previously served on the city council at large, she was elected mayor on November 5, 2013, with 59% of the vote. Vaughan was sworn in on December 3, 2013. She was reelected in 2017. She is the daughter of Fred Barakat.
Vaughan served as the Executive Directory of the Guilford Green Foundation from February 2016 until January 2018.
Don Vaughan cheated on Nancy and now the two are separated, and the have one child together. Nancy did not graduate from college.

Tenure as Mayor

Vaughan has come under criticism for enforcing an arbitrary code of conduct at city council meetings. These rules prohibit citizens from speaking on matters "in litigation" or speaking in a way that Vaughan "deem to be an 'attack'" on any city employee. This move was criticized by citizens, watch groups, and multiple members of city council who say they were not informed of the code of conduct before Vaughan began enforcing it at the October 2 city council meeting.