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Member Info Ms. Marchell Adams-David Term ends: 2025 City Manager City of Raleigh Committee(s): Government Relations Education: BA '92, Public Policy and Analysis; MPA '94, Public Administration

Member Info Mrs. Susan Allison Term ends: 2027 Committee(s): Government Relations Education: BA ’89, Radio, Television & Motion Pictures Spouse/Partner: Richard Allison, Jr., BS ’89 Business, MBA ’95 UNC

Member Info Mr. Willie Alston (Will) Term ends: 2026 Head of Corporate Banking Wells Fargo Committee(s): Student Career Services Education: BA ’00, Political Science Spouse/Partner: Natalie Alston

Member Info Judge James Ammons Jr (Jim) Term ends: 2025 Senior Resident Superior Court Judge State of North Carolina Courts Committee(s): Membership Engagement Education: BA '77, History; JD '80 Spouse/Partner: Sandra Ammons

Member Info Mr. Bruce Arnett Term ends: 2026 Managing Director, Mainspring Private Wealth Management Group Wells Fargo Advisors Committee(s): Student Recruitment Education: BS' 74, Industrial Relations Spouse/Partner: Patsy Johnson Arnett

Member Info Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold Term ends: 2025 Self Employed - Travel, Wellness and Special Projects Advisor Committee(s): Marketing Communications, Membership Engagement, Student Recruitment Education: BS '90, Business Administration Spouse/Partner: Guy Arnold

Member Info Ms. Leah Ashburn Term ends: 2027 President and CEO Highland Brewing Company Committee(s): Student Recruitment Education: BA ‘92, Journalism Spouse/Partner: Brock Ashburn

Member Info Mr. Dan Ashley Term ends: 2027 Evening news anchor ABC7 News San Francisco Committee(s): Education: BA '95, English, Communications Spouse/Partner: Angela Ashley

Member Info Mr. Stephen Austin Term ends: 2028 Owner Austin Development, LLC Committee(s): Education: BA '91, Economics Spouse/Partner: Candace C. Austin

Member Info Mrs. Amy Auth Term ends: 2028 Director of Legislative Affairs North Carolina Judicial Branch (NCAOC) Committee(s): Government Relations; Marketing Communications Education: ABJM '03, Journalism and Mass Communication, BA '03, Political Science Spouse/Partner: Jerry Hwang, BSBA '03, Business Administration, BA '03, Political Science

Member Info Mrs. Dianne Bailey Term ends: 2027 National Philanthropic Strategy Executive Bank of America Committee(s): Student Recruitment Education: BA ’92 English, UC Berkeley; JD ’95 Georgetown Spouse/Partner: Brian Bailey, BA ’88 Mathematics and Economics; MBA '92 Stanford

Member Info Ms. Sharon Baldwin Term ends: 2026 Speechwriter/PR (Retired) Ketchum Committee(s): Student Career Services Education: BA ‘95, Journalism

Member Info Ms. Brooke Baldwin Term ends: 2028 TV Host, award-winning journalist, bestselling author (Huddle) Committee(s): Education: ABJM ’01, Journalism and Spanish Spouse/Partner: Peter Landesman

Member Info Mr. William Beckworth Term ends: 2027 Vice President Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Committee(s): Student Career Services, Student Recruitment Education: BA 2007 History; MBA 2014 The University of Texas at Austin Spouse/Partner: Whitney Deason Beckworth BA '08 Political Science Stanford University; JD '13 The University of Texas at Austin

Member Info Mr. Marvin Bethune III (Les) Term ends: 2026 Managing Partner - US Central Region EY Committee(s): Student Career Services Education: BS ‘87, Business Administration Spouse/Partner: Ginger A Bethune BA ‘88, MPH ‘94, MSW '94

Member Info Ms. Eliza Blackwell Term ends: 2025 Founder and President Pink Ladies Committee(s): Student Career Services Education: BA '96, Communications Spouse/Partner: John Blackwell

Member Info Mr. O. Blizzard III (Rolf) Term ends: 2025 Managing Director, Turnpike Properties Inc Principal, Atlantic Realty of the Outer Banks Committee(s): Government Relations Education: BS' 95, Business Administration; MPA '95, Public Administration Spouse/Partner: Ashley Degner Blizzard AB '97, Journalism

Member Info Mr. Ronald Boatwright (Ron) Term ends: 2026 Senior Vice President (Retired) Sysco foods Committee(s): Government Relations, Student Career Services Education: BA ’81, American Studies Spouse/Partner: Jamie Boatwright

Member Info Mrs. Katherine Bosma Term ends: 2027 Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer Committee(s): Government Relations; Membership Engagement Education: BA ‘01, Exercise & Sport Science, JD ’07 Campbell University Spouse/Partner: CAPT Peter Bosma

Member Info Mr. Walter Bridgeman Term ends: 2027 CEO Hempstead Capital, LLC Committee(s): Student Career Service, Student Recruitment Education: BA '83 History

Member Info Mr. Jerry Bright Term ends: 2026 Head of Business Development Standard General L.P. Committee(s): Marketing Communications Education: BS ‘97, Business Administration, MBA ‘04, New York University Spouse/Partner: Patrice L. Reives-Bright, Wake Forest BS ‘95 Biology, MD ‘00

Member Info Dr. Leslie Bright (Sam) Term ends: 2027 Dentist L. S. Bright, Jr Family Dentistry Committee(s): Membership Engagement Education: BS '87, Biology; DDS '91 Spouse/Partner: Carol Haefele Bright

Member Info Dr. Kimberley Brown (Kim) Term ends: 2025 National Field Director Janssen Infectious Diseases and Vaccines (J&J) Committee(s): Government Relations, Marketing Communications Education: PharmD '03

Member Info Mr. Chester Brown III Term ends: 2026 President Brown Investment Properties, Inc. Committee(s): Student Career Services Education: BA '92, History Spouse/Partner: Martha T. Brown

Member Info Mrs. Lee Ann Brownlee Term ends: 2026 Philanthropic volunteer & fundraising event chair Jill’s House Committee(s): Marketing Communications, Student Career Services Education: BA ’89, Journalism Master of Arts Liberal Studies, Hollins University, '11 Spouse/Partner: John L. Brownlee

Member Info Mr. Wes Carter Term ends: 2027 President Atlantic Packaging Committee(s): Studeent Career Services Education: BA '01, JOMC Spouse/Partner: Lindsey Carter, BA '00 Psychology

Member Info Mr. Mark Cavaliero Term ends: 2026 Colonel US Marine Corps Reserve Committee(s): Government Relations Education: BA ‘90, Economics Spouse/Partner: Elizabeth Freeman Cavaliero, BA, ’92

Member Info Mrs. Tiernan Cavanna Term ends: 2027 President APTA Board of Directors Committee(s): Student Recruitment Education: BS ’98 Business Administration Spouse/Partner: Kieran Cavanna

Member Info Mrs. Mary Chandler Term ends: 2027 Nurse Practitioner, Hand Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery (Retired) The University of Virginia Committee(s): Student Recruitment Education: BSN ‘83, UVA MSN ‘92 and post-Master’s certificate Family Nurse Practitioner Spouse/Partner: The Reverend Doctor John Preston Chandler, BA '83 Religious studies, Philosophy

Member Info Mr. Parke Chapman Term ends: 2027 Vice President Rubenstein Communications Committee(s): Marketing Communications Education: BA '95, English Spouse/Partner: Diane Allison Greene Chapman, BA '94, French

Member Info Mr. John Chapman Term ends: 2028 CEO Chapman Hanlon Holdings Committee(s): Marketing Communications Education: BA '91, Economics, MBA '96 Spouse/Partner: Elizabeth Chapman

Member Info Mr. Christian Charnaux Term ends: 2027 Chief Growth Officer Inspire Brands Committee(s): Membership Engagement Education: BA ‘99, History and Political Science Spouse/Partner: Susan Charnaux

Member Info Mr. Kevin Clark Term ends: 2028 Founder & Chief Executive Officer Next Game Advisors LLC Committee(s): Marketing Communications Education: BS ’99; Business Administration, MBA ’07, The Wharton School at the Univ. of Pennsylvania Spouse/Partner: Udanda N. Clark, BA ’99 Biology; MAC ‘00

Member Info Representative Ashton Clemmons Term ends: 2025 Representative, District 57 NC House of Representatives Committee(s): Government Relations, Marketing Communications Education: BA '05, Education Spouse/Partner: Matthew Clemmons

Member Info Dr. T. Lenise Clifton Term ends: 2026 Orthodontist Clifton and Mauney Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry Committee(s): Student Career Services Education: '92 DDS, '97 MS Spouse/Partner: Charles Mauney '93 DDS, '00 MPH