Edwin Peacock (R-NC-9)

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Edwin Peacock

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Edwin B. Peacock, III

Edwin Peacock Congressional Candidate North Carolina District 9

Biography of Edwin Peacock from Friends of Edwin Peacock III

• Edwin is a Charlotte native, 42, born on March 6, 1970 at Presbyterian Hospital.
• He is the Vice President for The Pomfret Financial Company, Inc. (since 2000). Edwin’s company primarily represents Northwestern Mutual Financial Network where he serves as a Financial Representative (since 2003). He achieved his Charter Life Underwriter designation in 2006 by The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA.
• He attended Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Lansdowne Elementary and First Ward Elementary. He graduated from Charlotte Country Day School in 1988 where he played varsity basketball and baseball and was the co-founder of the Teenage Republican Club.
• Edwin was elected Republican Member At-Large to the Charlotte City Council from 2007-2011. He served as the Chairman of the Environmental Committee. He also served on the Budget and Safety Committees.

Edwin is an active member of the Charlotte community:

• Charlotte City Council 2007-2011
• Charlotte Mecklenburg Development Corporation (Board Member 2007 -2011)
• Blumenthal Performing Arts Trustee (2011-Present)
• Charlotte Downtown Rotary (2003-present)
• Carolina’s Freedom Foundation (Board member, 2005-present)
• Charlotte Country Day Alumni Board (2003-2006)
• Leadership Charlotte (Graduate, Class XXVIII)
• Myers Park Presbyterian Church
• Myers Park Trinity Little League (Assistant Coach 2009-2011)
• Eastover Elementary (Lunch Buddy 2008 – Present)
• NASCAR Hall of Fame Advisory Board Member (January-November 2011)

Background:

• He graduated from The University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Certificate in Global Studies in 1992. He participated on the Varsity baseball practice squads (1990, 1992) and served on the Student Senate (1992).
• From 1992-2003 he lived in the Washington D.C. area where he worked in mortgage finance and financial services. He also coached Little League baseball while there from 1997-1999. In 2003, he returned to Charlotte.
• Edwin is a passionate supporter of those providing patient services or seeking a cure to those suffering from ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
• Edwin successfully led an effort in 2006 to make the Hermitage Court subdivision in Myers Park Charlotte’s fifth Historic District.
• He is married to Amy Rupertus Peacock. They are the proud parents of E. Bruton IV (8yrs old) and Avery G. (7yrs old). Amy is a certified personal trainer and certified Chi running/walking coach