Updated December 14, 2020 11:50 a.m. EST By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter Raleigh, N.C. — The State Board of Community Colleges named a new system president Monday, going with Thomas Stith, who heads the Small Business Administration's North Carolina division and was former Gov. Pat McCrory's chief of staff. Stith replaces Peter Hans, who left the system earlier this year to head the University of North Carolina system. The board approved Stith on a unanimous vote. Although other candidates were discussed during the largely secret process, no one else was nominated during a quick morning meeting of the board, and there was no discussion before the vote.