Dan Forest (born October 15, 1967) is the 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. A Republican, Forest is an architect by trade. Prior to his run for Lt. Governor, he was the senior partner and office president of North Carolina’s largest architectural firm, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting. He is also the son of former U.S. Representative and former Charlotte Mayor Sue Myrick. Forest lives in Raleigh with his wife, Alice, and his four children.