Chancellor's Search Committee Members
Chair
Nelson Schwab III of Charlotte. Schwab is immediate past chair and a current member of the University's Board of Trustees. He completed two terms as trustee chair in June. A UNC alumnus, Schwab was first appointed to the board in 2001. He is co-founder of the Charlotte-based merchant banking firm Carousel Capital.
Vice Chairs
Roger Perry of Chapel Hill. Perry was elected chair of the University's Board of Trustees in July. The Carolina alumnus joined the board in 2003. He is president of East West Partners.
Karol Mason of Atlanta. Mason also is vice chair of the University Board of Trustees. A Carolina alumna, she was appointed as a trustee in 2001. Mason is a partner at the law firm Alston and Bird LLP.
Board of Trustees Members
Russell "Rusty" Carter of Wilmington, current secretary of the University's Board of Trustees, president of the Atlantic Corp. of Wilmington and a UNC alumnus.
John Ellison Jr. of Greensboro, president and chief executive officer of the Ellison Company Inc. He holds two Carolina degrees.
A. Donald Stallings of Rocky Mount, chief executive officer of Eagle Transport Corp. Inc. and a Carolina alumnus.
Faculty Members
Kenneth Broun, Henry Brandis Professor of Law, former dean, School of Law and former Chapel Hill mayor.
Lisa Carey, associate professor of medicine in the hematology-oncology division, School of Medicine.
Bruce Carney, Samuel Baron Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and senior associate dean for the sciences, College of Arts and Sciences.
James Johnson, director, Urban Investment Strategies Center, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Geoffery Sayre-McCord, professor and chair, department of philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences.
Joseph Templeton, chair of the faculty and Francis Preston Venable Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences.
Student Members
Eve Carson of Athens, Ga., student body president and a senior political science and biology major who serves ex officio on the University's Board of Trustees. (Eve Carson served on the search committee until her death March 5, 2008. She is replaced by J.J. Raynor.)
Lauren Anderson, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation and a doctoral student in the School of Medicine.
J.J. Raynor of Charlotte, N.C., student body president-elect and a junior economics and peace, war and defense major who will serve ex officio on the University's Board of Trustees after being sworn in later this spring.
Staff Members
Ernie Patterson, chair of the Employee Forum and biology network manager, department of biology, College of Arts and Sciences.
Anna Wu, director of facilities planning, who has played a key role in the successful execution of the University's current $2.1 billion capital construction program.
Alumni Members
Dwight M. Davidson III, a 1977 UNC alumnus and chair of the General Alumni Association's Board of Directors, of Gibsonville, N.C.
Julia Sprunt Grumbles of Chapel Hill, a 1975 UNC alumna and retired vice president of Turner Broadcasting who serves on the Carolina First Steering Committee and co-chairs the Carolina Women's Leadership Council.
William B. Harrison Jr., a native of Rocky Mount and currently residing in Greenwich, Conn., a 1966 UNC graduate and retired chairman and director of JPMorgan Chase & Co. He is heading a Global Leadership Circle for the University.
Willard J. “Mike” Overlock Jr. of Greenwich, Conn., a 1968 Carolina alumnus, senior director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and co-chair of the Carolina First Campaign.
Willis P. Whichard of Chapel Hill, a 1962 UNC graduate who earned a law degree in 1965 and is former associate justice of the N.C. Supreme Court and former dean of the Campbell University law school.