Edgar Starnes

Edgar Starnes serves as Director of Governmental Affairs at the NC Department of Labor. Starnes is originally from Granite Falls, NC, in Caldwell County. He graduated from Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, TN with a degree in history, then worked as a broker with Bolick Investment Group in Hickory, NC. He served twenty years in the N.C. House of Representatives, representing Caldwell County before becoming a legislative liaison for the State Treasurer in 2015. He has been with the Department of Labor since 2022.