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 and Yadkin County, North Carolina. He resigned from the legislature, effective Dec. 15, 2013, to become executive vice president and chief legal officer for Winston-Salem-based Novant Health. He served with Novant Health until November 2018. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of the University of North Carolina System, headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC, from January 2019 to July 2020.

North Carolina's 31st Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Republican Joyce Krawiec since 2014.