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• McCoy, David Timothy.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of Health Affairs.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of Health Affairs. Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs.

David Timothy McCoy is a faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health whose research interests include minority health, substance abuse, violence prevention, state governance, organizational and public health leadership, and American Indian legal and health issues. He is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and was the first American Indian to serve in several roles in North Carolina state government, including State Controller, State Budget Director, and Secretary of Transportation. In the mid-1980s, he was the director of the Master of Public Health Program for American Indians at the School of Public Health. Beginning in the late 1980s, he served as the deputy director of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs. He served as legal counsel and deputy secretary at the North Carolina Department of Administration, then served on the staff of Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. as both Deputy Chief of Staff and the Secretary of Transportation. In the early 2000s, he served the state as the State Budget Director under Governor Mike Easley. From 2008 through 2014, he served as the State Controller for the state of North Carolina. He retired from public service in 2014.

McCoy received his JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1985, his MPH from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health in 1982, and his M.Ed. from the University of Georgia in 1979. He was the first member of a federally recognized tribe to graduate from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Papers of David Timothy McCoy related to his work on the Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs for the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1980s. They include reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, and notes.