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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

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MC Belk Pilon
MC Belk Pilon

Chair, John M. Belk Endowment

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John (J.B.) Buxton, President of Durham Technical Community College.
JB Buxton

President, Durham Technical Community College

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Photo of Patrena B. Elliott
Patrena B. Elliott, Ph.D.

President, Halifax Community College

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Photo of Jason Hurst
Jason Hurst, Ph.D.

President, Cleveland Community College

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Photo of Audrey Jaeger
Audrey J. Jaeger, Ph.D.

Executive Director, W. Dallas Herring Professor

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Amanda Lee, Ph.D.
Amanda Lee, Ph.D.

President, Bladen Community College

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Photo of Tracy Mancini
Tracy Mancini, Ed.D.

President, Carteret Community College

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Photo of Maria Pharr
Maria Pharr, Ed.D.

President, Pitt Community College

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Mary Rittling, Ed.D.
Mary Rittling, Ed.D.

Professor of Practice, ELPHD; Faculty Scholar, Belk Center

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Janet Spriggs, President Forsyth Technical Community College
Janet N. Spriggs, Ed.D.*

President, Forsyth Technical Community College

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Robert Templin, Ed.D.
Robert Templin, Ed.D.

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

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Photo of Shelley White
Shelley White, Ed.D.

President, Haywood Community College

*Adjunct Faculty Member for NC State College of Education

National Stakeholder Council

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Thomas Brock
Thomas Brock, Ph.D.

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

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Rufus Glasper
Rufus Glasper, Ph.D.*

President, League for Innovation in the Community College

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Russell Lowery-Hart, Ph.D., Chancellor Austin Community College District
Russell Lowery-Hart, Ph.D.

Chancellor, Austin Community College District

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Dr. Avis Proctor
Avis Proctor, Ed.D.

President, Harper College

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Photo of Lenore Rodicio
Lenore Rodicio, Ph.D.

President and CEO, Achieving the Dream

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Photo of Jason Wood
Jason Wood, Ph.D.

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

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Photo of Josh Wyner
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