Peter S. Brunstetter

Who is Peter S. Brunstetter?

Peter Samuel Brunstetter is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly who represented the state’s 31st Senate district, including constituents in Forsyth County, North Carolina. He resigned from the legislature, effective Dec. 15, 2013, to become executive vice president and chief legal counsel for Winston-Salem-based Novant Health.

Brunstetter for many years practiced law at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and resides in Lewisville with his wife Jodie. He is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice group at Womble Carlyle.

Brunstetter served as chairman of the Forsyth County Board of Elections from 1990 to 1991, and was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners in September 1991. He served on the Board until 2004, after being elected to the position in 1992, 1996, and 2000. Brunstetter served as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners from 1994 until 2004, when he chose not to run for re-election.

In 2006, Brunstetter was appointed to fill a vacancy in the NC Senate resulting from the death of Senator Ham Horton. Brunstetter currently serves the Senate as co-Chairman of the Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary I Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate, and as a member of the Finance, Commerce, and Redistricting Committees.