Fellows

The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Fellowship is an opportunity for advanced doctoral students, post docs and early career faculty researching the topics of entrepreneurship, economic development, or global competitiveness.

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Senior Faculty Fellows

The Kenan Institute draws on the expertise and insights of its Senior Faculty Fellows. Fellows represent an intellectually diverse group of business and policy scholars that advise the Institute’s core initiatives and affiliated centers.

Chris Bingham

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Phillip Hettleman Distinguished Scholar and Area Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Jennifer Blouin

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

Anusha Chari

Professor of Economics, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Maryann P. Feldman

S.K. Heninger Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Finance, Faculty Director of CREATE

Eric Ghysels

Edward Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, Faculty Director of Rethinc. Labs

Robert S. Harris

C. Stewart Sheppard Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia

David J. Hartzell

Steven D. Bell and Leonard W. Wood Distinguished Professor in Real Estate; Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

David A. Hofmann

Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Jim Johnson

William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center

Christian Lundblad

Director of Research, Levin Distinguished Professor of Finance, and Associate Dean of the PhD Program, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Albert H. Segars

PNC Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Douglas A. Shackelford

Dean & Meade H. Willis Distinguished Professor of Taxation, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Michael Smith

Dean, School of Government; Professor of Public Law and Government; Executive Director, School of Government Foundation Board of Directors, UNC-Chapel Hill

Jayashankar M. Swaminathan

GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Valarie Zeithaml

David S. Van Pelt Family Distinguished Professor of Marketing, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Fellows and Senior Fellows

Connections between leaders of in the private sector, policy makers, and the academy are central to the mission of the Institute. Kenan Institute Fellows play an instrumental role in advancing our mission by advising initiatives and affiliated centers on current developments in business and policy as well as facilitating outreach to key constituents.

David Carroll

Senior Fellow

Principal, Carroll Family Holdings

Jim Clifton

Senior Fellow

CEO, Gallup

Mary Moore Hamrick

Senior Fellow

Senior Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; CEO, Political Quotient Advisors LLC

LaChaun Banks

Director for Equity and Inclusion, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation

Betsy L. Battle

Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner, Lone Peak Partners

Seth Bennett

Senior Vice President of Marketing, Entertainment & Interactive Media, Hornets Sports & Entertainment

Susan E. Cates

Partner, Leeds Equity Partners & CEO, ACUE

Patrick G. Hartley

Professor of the Practice of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Donald Holzworth

Executive in Residence, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Howard Lee

Founder, Howard N. Lee Institute

Dwayne Keith Pigues

Founder & CEO, Luminas Strategy

Joan Siefert Rose

Senior Partner, CREO, Inc. & CEO, LaunchBio Inc.

Christy Shaffer

Venture Partner & Managing Director, Hatteras Discovery