The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees named 42 alumni and friends to serve on the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors. Each new member is appointed to a four-year term starting July 1, 2024.
Selected members serve as ambassadors to inform their communities about the University’s priorities and, in turn, educate the University about how it can best serve those communities. The Board is comprised of more than 200 members across the country who actively engage with the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and the Chancellor to move Carolina forward. Members also offer their professional expertise and experience while serving on various subcommittees. In that capacity, members share helpful insights into the University and often mentor current students as they navigate their Carolina experience and transition into the workforce.
Algernon (Alge) Crumpler of Suwanee, Ga., will serve as chair. James (Jim) Ammons Jr. of Fayetteville, North Carolina, will serve as vice chair. Jane Ellison of Wilmington, North Carolina, will serve as the immediate past chair.
The new members are listed below by North Carolina counties and by locations outside of North Carolina.
Alamance County: Amy Galey of Burlington
Cleveland County: Michael Ribadeneyra of Shelby
Cumberland County: Andrea Dickerson; Margit Hicks; and Claire Hill of Fayetteville
Durham County: Roger McDougal and Scott McCulloch of Durham
Forsyth County: Tammy Overcash of Kernersville
Guilford County: Stephen Austin of Greensboro
Henderson County: David Hart of Mills River
Martin County: John Roney, Jr. of Williamston
Mecklenburg County: Laurie Durden; Tracey Hummell; Freeman Jackson, Jr.; Caroline Shah-Khan; Melissa Kruger; Kellie Lofton; Jessica Patel; Michael Peterson; and Michael Smith of Charlotte
Orange County: John Chapman; Michael Parker; and Raymond Sawyer of Chapel Hill
Wake County: Amy Auth; Michael Connell; Kenan Drum; Rufus Edmisten; Matthew Eisley; William Fan; James Jolley; Harrison Kaplan; Sarah Maddison; Tommy Sevier; and Kari Stoltz of Raleigh
Kevin Clark of Alamo and Joseph Kauffman of San Francisco
Mildred Webber of Washington
Tamaurus Sutton of Atlanta
Katherine Daniel of Chevy Chase
Brooke Baldwin of New York
Charles Hamrick, IV of Sullivan’s Island
John Weaver of Arlington
]]>Ellison is a pediatric nurse in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband and three boys — the eldest a first-year student at Carolina! Her volunteer efforts at Carolina go beyond the BOV. She has served on the Chancellor’s Philanthropic Council, the NextGen Committee during the Campaign for Carolina, the Board of Visitors for the UNC School of Nursing, and she recently joined the Executive Committee of Carolina Women’s Leadership Council.
]]>(Chapel Hill, North Carolina – May 18, 2023) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees selected 62 alumni and friends to serve on the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors for a four-year term starting July 1, 2023.
Selected members serve as ambassadors to inform their communities about the University’s priorities and, in turn, educate the University on how it can best serve communities around the world. The board is comprised of more than 200 members across the country who actively engage and assist the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz. Members also offer their professional expertise and experience while serving on one or more of five subcommittees. In that capacity, members partner with Honors Carolina to recruit top-tier students to Carolina, mentor current students as they navigate their transition to the workforce, and respond to the need for ongoing communication with local, state, and federal leaders.
Jane Ellison of Wilmington, North Carolina, will serve as chair with Alge Crumpler of Atlanta, Georgia., as vice chair. Jesse Cureton of Charlotte, North Carolina, will serve as the immediate past chair.
The new members are alphabetically listed below by North Carolina counties and by locations outside of North Carolina.
Brunswick County: Michele Langford of Calabash
Buncombe County: Leah Ashburn of Asheville
Cumberland County: Samuel Bright of Fayetteville
Durham County: Ralph Mensah and Lynn M. Perry of Durham
Edgecombe County: William Leland of Tarboro
Gaston County: Bradley Overcash of Belmont
Guilford County: Jay Kenerly of Greensboro
Johnston County: Thomas Lock of Smithfield
Macon County: John Mitchener of Highlands
Mecklenburg County: Dianne Bailey; Walter Bridgeman; Graham Cosper; Lisa L. Emory; Sinisa Haberle; E. Bradley Jones; Sanjib Mohanty; Elizabeth Murphy; Geoffrey Nance; and Brandi Newman; and McNeill Wester of Charlotte and Patricia Cotham of Matthews
New Hanover County: Lucien Ellison of Wilmington
Orange County: Susan Allison; Mary M. Chandler; Sterling McCracken; and Barbara Senich of Chapel Hill
Roberson County: Katherine Bosma of Lumberton
Pitt County: Laura Jones of Greenville
Union County: Gwenevere Parker of Monroe; and Tejesh Patel of Waxhaw
Wake County: Jenna Robinson of Cary; Michael Ferguson; John Hardin; Sam Hayes; Taunya Land; Julia Lisella; Donna Preiss; R. Paul Rieker; William J Smith; and Virginia Webb of Raleigh
Dan Ashley of San Francisco
Tiernan Cavanna of Darien
Eugenia Donahoo of Jacksonville; Arthur Gallagher of Coral Gables; and Christopher Ruth of Delray Beach
Christian Charnaux; Amol Naik; and Thomas Pulliam of Atlanta
Andrew Tsui of Hyattsville
Ilana Finley of Boston
Caroline Godfrey of Morristown; and Rose Prey of Princeton
Parke Chapman of Briarcliff Manor
Wesley Carter of Charleston; and Linda Dahlgren of Greenville
Adam Cook of Knoxville
William Beckworth of Fort Worth; Henry Hamilton of Houston; and W. Michael Hyatt of Dallas
Calvin Hall of Williamsburg; and Daniel Morrison of Alexandria
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is a global higher education leader. Carolina is passionately public, with a commitment to ensuring that every student who earns admission can come to Carolina and thrive. Addressing the greatest challenges of our time through innovative teaching, research and public service, Carolina is an engine of opportunity for the next generation of students, the economy and innovation in North Carolina and beyond. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Carolina regularly ranks as the best value for academic quality in U.S. public higher education. The nearly 356,000 alumni of Carolina’s 15 schools including the College of Arts and Sciences live in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories and 161 countries. Nearly 193,000 live in North Carolina.
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