Stewart Joins Insurance Federation of N.C.

Joe Stewart, an employee of the North Carolina State Treasurer’s office, has resigned to become executive director of the newly-formed Insurance Federation of North Carolina.

Stewart has been a long-standing associate and political strategist to State Treasurer Richard Moore and resigns as his chief of staff Feb. 11. He will be replaced by Stacey Phillips, an assistant attorney general in the North Carolina Department of Justice’s tort claims section.

Stewart worked on Moore’s unsuccessful 1994 congressional campaign and under Moore when he was crime control secretary. He also managed Moore’s successful re-election campaign last year.