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Advisory Councils

Board Lecture 11.2023

The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research is privileged to have the knowledge and leadership of both our North Carolina-based Leadership Advisory Council and our National Stakeholder Council 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 council 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.

Leadership Advisory Council

MC Belk Pilon

Chair, John M. Belk Endowment

JB Buxton

President, Durham Technical Community College

Lisa Chapman, Ed.D.*

President, Central Carolina Community College

Jeff Cox, Ed.D.*

President, North Carolina Community College System

Kenneth Ender, Ph.D.

Professor of Practice, ELPHD; Faculty Scholar, Belk Center

Jason Hurst, Ph.D.

President, Cleveland Community College

Audrey Jaeger, Ph.D.

Executive Director, W. Dallas Herring Professor

Amanda Lee, Ph.D.

President, Bladen Community College

Maria Pharr, Ed.D.

President, Pitt Community College

Scott Ralls, Ph.D.*

President, Wake Technical Community College

Mary Rittling, Ed.D.

Professor of Practice, ELPHD; Faculty Scholar, Belk Center

Janet N. Spriggs, Ed.D.*

President, Forsyth Technical Community College

Robert Templin, Ed.D.

Adjunct Professor of Practice, ELPHD; Faculty Scholar, Belk Center

*Adjunct Faculty Member for NC State College of Education

National Stakeholder Council

Thomas Brock, Ph.D.

Director, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University

Pam Eddinger, Ph.D.

President, Bunker Hill Community College

Rufus Glasper, Ph.D.*

President, League for Innovation in the Community College

Gregory Haile, J.D.

Senior Fellow, Achieving the Dream; Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School

Russell Lowery-Hart, Ph.D.

Chancellor, Austin Community College District

Avis Proctor, Ed.D.

President, Harper College

Karen Stout, Ed.D.*

President and CEO, Achieving the Dream

Falecia D. Williams, Ed.D.

President, Prince George's Community College

Jason Wood, Ph.D.

Vice President for Salt Lake Technical College, Salt Lake Community College

Josh Wyner, J.D.*

Founder and Executive Director, The College Excellence Program at The Aspen Institute

*Adjunct Faculty Member for NC State College of Education