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Friday, June 15, 2012

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has tapped a new class of alumni and friends to serve on the UNC Board of Visitors, one of the most active volunteer groups at the University. The new members begin their terms July 1.

The new members will become part of an approximately 170-member board that assists the Board of Trustees and Chancellor in a range of activities that help advance the University, including marketing, top student recruitment, government relations and fundraising. Also, members serve as ambassadors, informing their communities about what is going on at Carolina and, in turn, keeping the University administration informed about what they hear about Carolina in their communities.

Board of Visitors members serve four-year terms. Each year, as members rotate off, the Board of Trustees elects a class of new members. Selected to chair the Board of Visitors beginning July 1 is William “Bill” Hobbs of Charlotte, and selected as vice chair is Dr. Michael Zollicoffer of Baltimore, Md.

The new members are listed below, alphabetically by North Carolina county and by state.

NORTH CAROLINA:

Alamance

  • Richard Wallace Gunn Jr. of Burlington

Brunswick

  • Brian McMerty of Winnabow

Catawba

  • Billy Lee Price Jr. of Hickory

Durham

  • Antonio Braithwaite of Durham
  • Henry Kaestner of Durham
  • Christine Cecchetti Mumma of Durham

Craven

  • John Robert Mattocks of New Bern

Forsyth

  • Ancrum Boykin Newman of Winston-Salem
  • William D. Spry Jr. of Winston-Salem

Mecklenburg

  • Brian David Bailey of Charlotte
  • David Charles Belton of Charlotte
  • Irvin W. Hankins III of Charlotte
  • E. Hooper Hardison of Charlotte
  • Frank H. Hill of Charlotte
  • Jane McColl Lockwood of Charlotte
  • Malcolm Logan of Charlotte
  • John Branch Stedman Jr. of Charlotte

Moore

  • Sharon Nicholson Harrell of Pinehurst

New Hanover

  • Margaret G. Diab of Wilmington
  • Carol E. F. Malloy of Wilmington

Orange

  • Melanie Floyd Biese of Chapel Hill
  • Leonard J. Buck of Chapel Hill
  • Lori Ireland of Chapel Hill
  • John Peter Preyer of Chapel Hill

Pitt

  • Henry Lewis Smith of Farmville

Wake

  • W. Britton Cobb Jr. of Raleigh
  • Christopher Thomas Hayes of Raleigh
  • Charles Foster Marshall III of Raleigh
  • Randall W. Williams of Raleigh
  • Mary Brent Smith Wright of Raleigh

OTHER STATES:

California

  • Robert William Kadlec Jr. of Manhattan Beach

Connecticut

  • John Lacy Kennedy of Riverside

Florida

  • Philip Flayderman Blumberg of Coral Gables

Georgia

  • Michael Steven Brown of Atlanta
  • C. Knox Massey III of Atlanta
  • Charles H. Mercer III of Atlanta
  • Arthur Jay Schwartz of Atlanta

Maryland

  • Polly W. Surhoff  of Cockeysville

Massachusetts

  • Sarah Robbins Mars of Boston

New York

  • Karl Franklin Brumback of New York
  • Sanford Alonza Cockrell III of New York
  • Nikhil Mittal of New York

South Carolina

  • F. Daniel Batten III of Charleston
  • H. Alexander Winters II of Charleston

Texas

  • Robert E. Thackston of Dallas

Wisconsin

  • N. Thompson Long of Fox Pointe

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