Board of Advisors

The Kenan Institute Board of Advisors offers their expertise and guidance to the institute’s faculty and staff. The board meets biannually to review the institute’s operations and programming. Members represents a wide range of constituencies from business, entrepreneurship, government, university, investor, research communities, as well as the public.

Board of Advisors Chair

DeLisa Alexander

Executive Coach and Board Director

Meredith Archie

President, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Steve Armstrong

President, William R. Kenan, Jr. Funds; President, Kenan Management, Inc.

Jennifer Blouin

Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

Anita R. Brown-Graham

Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government, UNC School of Government; Director, ncIMPACT Initiative

David Carroll

Principal, Carroll Family Holdings LLC

Allen Chan

Managing Director, Diversified Search Group

Chris Chung

CEO, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina

Daniel Drake

President, William R. Kenan, Jr. Funds

Mary Moore Hamrick

CEO, Political Quotient Advisors, LLC; Adjunct Professor, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, College of Charleston School of Business, The Citadel

John Hardin

Executive Director of the Office of Science, Technology & Innovation, North Carolina Department of Commerce

Patrick G. Hartley

Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise

Patrick_Hartley@kenan-flagler.unc.edu

Chuck Lovelace

Former Executive Director, Morehead-Cain Foundation

Marc R. Paul

Partner, Baker McKenzie

Teena Piccione

Global Transformation & Operations Executive, Google

Hilda Pinnix-Ragland

Vice President-Corporate Public Affairs, Duke Energy

Karen A. Popp

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

David Robinson

The James and Gail Vander Weide Professor of Finance, Duke University Fuqua School of Business; Research Director, Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative

Barry Schochet

Managing Partner & Senior Counsel, Volt Energy

Stoney Sellars

President & CEO, StoneLaurel

Amit Singh

Co-founder, President & CEO, Spectraforce Technologies

Thomas Stith

CEO, The Michael Thomas Group Inc.; former president, North Carolina Community College System

Jeff Swearingen

Retired, Global Senior Vice President, PepsiCo; Executive Coach

Tonya Williams

Former Head of External Affairs & Corporate Responsibility, SoftBank Group International

DeLisa Alexander
Executive Coach and Board Director

Meredith Archie
President, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Steve Armstrong
President, William R. Kenan, Jr. Funds; President, Kenan Management, Inc.

Jennifer Blouin
Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

Anita R. Brown-Graham
Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government, UNC School of Government; Director, ncIMPACT Initiative

David Carroll
Principal, Carroll Family Holdings LLC

Allen Chan
Managing Director, Diversified Search Group

Chris Chung
CEO, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina

Daniel Drake
President, William R. Kenan, Jr. Funds

Mary Moore Hamrick
CEO, Political Quotient Advisors, LLC; Adjunct Professor, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, College of Charleston School of Business, The Citadel

John Hardin
Executive Director of the Office of Science, Technology & Innovation, North Carolina Department of Commerce

Patrick G. Hartley

Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise

Chuck Lovelace
Former Executive Director, Morehead-Cain Foundation

Marc R. Paul
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Teena Piccione
Global Transformation & Operations Executive, Google

Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
Vice President-Corporate Public Affairs, Duke Energy

Karen A. Popp
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

David Robinson
The James and Gail Vander Weide Professor of Finance, Duke University Fuqua School of Business; Research Director, Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative

Barry Schochet
Managing Partner & Senior Counsel, Volt Energy

Stoney Sellars
President & CEO, StoneLaurel

Amit Singh
Co-founder, President & CEO, Spectraforce Technologies

Thomas Stith

CEO, The Michael Thomas Group Inc.; former president, North Carolina Community College System

Jeff Swearingen
Retired, Global Senior Vice President, PepsiCo; Executive Coach

Tonya Williams
Former Head of External Affairs & Corporate Responsibility, SoftBank Group International

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