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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

                  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

                              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
                                              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