National Advisory Board
The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research is privileged to have the knowledge and leadership of our Advisory Board to support our mission of preparing the next generation of community college leaders and addressing the most pressing issues facing North Carolina community colleges. As experts in their fields, our board members are current and former community college presidents, leaders from institutions whose work supports community colleges, and representatives from the North Carolina Community College System.
You can learn more about this inspiring group of people by clicking on the name cards and reading their stories below.
*Adjunct Faculty Member for NC State College of Education
Chair, John M. Belk Endowment
Director, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
President, Central Carolina Community College
President, North Carolina Community College System
President, Bunker Hill Community College
President, League for Innovation in the Community College
Senior Fellow, Achieving the Dream; Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School
President, University of North Carolina System
President, Bladen Community College
Chair, State Board of Community Colleges
President, Harper College
President, Wake Technical Community College
President, Piedmont Community College
President, Forsyth Technical Community College
President and CEO, Achieving the Dream
Adjunct Professor of Practice, ELPHD; Faculty Scholar, Belk Center
rgtempli@ncsu.edu
President, Prince George's Community College
Founder and Executive Director, The College Excellence Program at The Aspen Institute