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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

Hilda Pinnix-Ragland

Vice President-Corporate Public Affairs, Duke Energy

    Board of Advisors

    DeLisa Alexander

    Executive Coach and Board Director

      Meredith Archie

      President, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce Foundation

        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

                  Jeff Davis

                  Founder & CEO, Chadsworth Incorporated

                    Daniel Drake

                    President, William R. Kenan, Jr. Funds

                      Donald Dwight

                      Tax Director, Tax Ops, Facebook, Inc.

                        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

                                  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

                                      Thom Ruhe

                                      President & CEO, NC IDEA

                                        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
                                                    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
                                                    Jeff Davis
                                                    Founder & CEO, Chadsworth Incorporated
                                                    Daniel Drake
                                                    President, William R. Kenan, Jr. Funds
                                                    Donald Dwight
                                                    Tax Director, Tax Ops, Facebook, Inc.
                                                    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
                                                    Thom Ruhe
                                                    President & CEO, NC IDEA
                                                    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