Board of Directors

Fiscal Year 2026-2027

Officers

Alexander D. McLean ’92, Memphis, Tenn., Chair

Kenneth G. Smith ’84, Chapel Hill, N.C., Vice Chair

Ashley E. Reid ’93, Greenwich, Conn., Past Chair

Jennifer S. Rich, New York, N.Y., Development and Communications Committee Chair

Matt Guest ’97, Short Hills, N.J., Finance and Audit Committees Chair

Bimal R. Shah ’97, Durham, N.C., Nominating Committee Chair

James W.C. White, Chapel Hill, N.C., President

Anne Collins, Chapel Hill, N.C., Executive Director


Board Members

Susan Alesina ’86, Boston, Mass.

Jacob Bacharach, Chapel Hill, N.C., ex officio and Senior Associate Dean

Carrie Banwell ’85, Charlotte, N.C.

Douglas B. Biggs ’00, Atlanta, Ga.

Virginia Cárdenas ’98, ’06, Raleigh, N.C.

Eva Chess ’82, Chicago, Ill.

Touré S. Claiborne ’94, Rolling Meadows, Ill.

Dorothea “Dory” Jenkins Clark ’97, Washington, D.C.

Anne H.C. Collins, Chapel Hill, N.C., ex officio Assistant Vice Chancellor and Executive Director

Louise “Weezie” Townsend Duckett ’09, Raleigh, N.C.

Robert L. Edwards ’89, Charlotte, N.C.

Elizabeth Engelhardt, Chapel Hill, N.C., ex officio Senior Associate Dean and Vice Provost

Matthew M. Guest ’97, Short Hills, N.J.

Rita R. Hanes ’89, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Elizabeth C. Heron ’91, Palo Alto, Calif.

Jon M. Hoffman, New York, N.Y.

Daniel J. Kelly ’87, Greenwich, Conn.

David M. Knott ’08, Syosset, N.Y.

Lee L. Loughran ’90, Atlanta, Ga.

Alexander D. McLean ’92, Memphis, Tenn., Chair

Ward W. McNally ’93, Chicago, Ill.

Christie McNeill ’08, Raleigh, N.C.

Charles H. Mercer Jr. ’69, Raleigh, N.C.

Pamela D. Parker ’90, Durham, N.C.

Blake L. Pike ’93, Jacksonville, Fla.

Ashley E. Reid ’93, Greenwich, Conn., Past Chair

Jennifer S. Rich, New York, N.Y.

Maribeth Robinson ’86, Monmouth Junction, N.J.

Bimal R. Shah ’97, Durham, N.C.

Eric R. Sklut ’80, Charlotte, N.C.

Kenneth G. Smith ’84, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Sterling A. Spainhour Jr. ’90, Atlanta, Ga.

Laurence S. Tokoto, Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Ashley Watson ’90, Flourtown, Penn.

James W.C. White, Chapel Hill, N.C., ex officio President and Dean

Michael F. Yelverton ’98, Mill Valley, Calif.


Emeritus Members

Stephen Birdsall, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Eileen Brumback ’82, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Ann Cowan ’75, Atlanta, Ga.

Elizabeth S. Dowd ’53, Charlotte, N.C.

Cosby George ’83, Greenwich, Conn.

Lyle V. Jones, Chapel Hill, N.C.

William Ragland ’82, Atlanta, Ga.

Tready Smith ’92, Tampa, Fla.

David L. Ward, Jr. ’57, New Bern, N.C.

Elijah White, Jr. (M.S. ’84), Cypress, Texas

Samuel R. Williamson, Jr., Pittsboro, N.C.

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