Kristi Snuggs

Kristi Snuggs

President

Dr. Kristi Lee Snuggs is the President of Child Care Services Association (CCSA).  She began in career in 1994 with the NC Community College System where she served as Early Childhood Instructor, Department Chair and Director of the College’s Child Development Center Laboratory.  

In 2001, Dr. Snuggs became an Educational Consultant with the North Carolina Community College System Office.  Dr. Snuggs has held progressively higher leadership positions serving as the Vice President of Instruction/Chief Academic Officer with Edgecombe Community College, the Child Development Division Director of NEED, Inc. She joined the Division of Child Development and Early Education in January of 2018 as the Deputy Director. 

Dr. Snuggs received her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from East Carolina University in Greenville and her master’s in Child and Family Development and bachelor’s degrees from Appalachian State University in Boone.  Dr. Snuggs is married to Phillip and has two daughters, Kali and Keslee.