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National Advisory Board

Belk Center advisory board standing outside in two rows for group photo
Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research advisory board meeting and group photo announcement of $25 million grant from Belk Foundation in support of the Belk Center 2022 Dallas Herring lecture featuring Dr. Mike Flores and Dr. Janet Spriggs

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. 

MC Belk Pilon

Chair, John M. Belk Endowment

Thomas Brock, Ph.D.

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

Lisa Chapman, Ed.D.*

President, Central Carolina Community College

Jeff Cox, Ed.D.*

President, Wilkes Community College

Kandi W. Deitemeyer, Ed.D.*

President, Central Piedmont Community College, President, President's Association

Charlene Dukes, Ed.D.

President Emerita, Prince George’s Community College

Pam Eddinger, Ph.D.

President, Bunker Hill Community College

John Enamait, Ph.D.*

President, Stanly Community College

Mike Flores, Ph.D.

Chancellor, Alamo Colleges District

Rufus Glasper, Ph.D.*

President, League for Innovation in the Community College

Gregory Haile, J.D.

President, Broward College

Peter Hans

President, University of North Carolina System

Garrett Hinshaw, Ed.D.*

President, Catawba Valley Community College

Audrey Jaeger, Ph.D.

Executive Director, W. Dallas Herring Professor

Daniel Phelan, Ph.D.*

President, Jackson College, Executive in Residence, Belk Center

Scott Ralls, Ph.D.*

President, Wake Technical Community College

Mary Rittling, Ed.D.

Professor of Practice and Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute

Pamela Senegal, Ed.D.*

President, Piedmont Community College

Janet N. Spriggs, Ed.D.*

President, Forsyth Technical Community College

Karen Stout, Ed.D.*

President and CEO, Achieving the Dream

Burr Sullivan

Chair of the State Board of the NC Community Colleges

Robert Templin, Ed.D.

Adjunct Professor of Practice

Josh Wyner*

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

*Adjunct Faculty Member for NC State College of Education