UNC-Chapel Hill names Carolina North Stakeholder Advisory Committee

At a moment when North Carolina’s growth is outpacing traditional pathways to opportunity, UNC-Chapel Hill is establishing the Carolina North Stakeholder Advisory Committee to help guide how the University’s 230-acre campus expansion is shaped to meet that demand. The committee is charged with advising on a generational expansion that positions Carolina to serve the state and its people with greater scale and impact.

Carolina North represents a deliberate shift to a more integrated, comprehensive model, one that connects education, research and real-world application in service of North Carolina’s evolving workforce and economy. The advisory committee will provide feedback on that vision, how the University aligns access, innovation and community integration in ways that reflect both its public mission and the realities of a rapidly growing region.

“Carolina North is a generational opportunity to build on our mission, our values and our responsibility to serve the state of North Carolina,” said Chancellor Lee H. Roberts. “I am grateful to the members of this committee for lending their time, expertise and perspective as we work together to ensure this project serves Carolina and the broader community well.”

“The development of Carolina North is one of the most exciting and consequential opportunities for our community and our University in the last hundred years,” said Aaron Nelson, president and CEO of The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro, who is serving as a committee co-chair. “With University leadership and community input, this important campus expansion will have substantial, lasting and positive impact on the people and economy of our region and the state.”

Members were identified through a combination of appointment, recommendation and outreach. Many who expressed interest in serving — particularly neighboring residents — were invited to join the advisory committee. UNC-Chapel Hill student representatives were recommended by the Undergraduate Student Government, the Graduate and Professional Student Government and the Residence Hall Association. Several community stakeholders were recommended by the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

As the advisory committee evolves over time, it will continue to include members from:

• UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, undergraduate student government, graduate and professional student government, residence hall association, alumni
• The Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities
• The committee will meet in public forums every two months. The group is advisory only and does not have decision-making authority.

The advisory committee co-chairs are:

• Brian Allen, UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees member; president and CEO, Precision Walls, Inc.
• Anita Brown-Graham ’91 (JD), Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government, associate dean of strategic initiatives, UNC School of Government; director of ncIMPACT Initiative
• Aaron Nelson ’97, president and CEO, The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro

The advisory committee members are:

• Emma Bach ’27 (MPH), Master of Public Health student; director of local relations, Graduate and Professional Student Government
• Aaron Bachenheimer, associate vice chancellor for student engagement, UNC Student Affairs
• Delores Bailey, executive director, EMPOWERment Inc.
• Jon Beyle ’18, neighboring resident; teacher and coach, East Chapel Hill High School
• Fred Black, neighboring resident; retired colonel, U.S. Army; retired professor, U.S. Military Academy
• Paul Burgess ’07, neighboring resident; senior pastor, University Baptist Church
• Molly De Marco, neighboring resident; research associate professor, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; research team lead, UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Devin Duncan ’28, UNC-Chapel Hill student body president and ex-officio Board of Trustees member for 2026-27
• Melanie Elliott ’21, sustainability analyst, UNC Institute for the Environment
• Audra Farrar ’27, president, UNC-Chapel Hill Residence Hall Association
• Richard Goldberg, teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies, UNC College of Arts and Sciences’ applied physical sciences department
• Geoff Green ’13 (MCRP), principal, Clarion Associates
• Pam Hemminger, former Chapel Hill mayor; former Orange County commissioner; former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education member
• Freddie Kiger ’74, ’77 (MAT), Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools retired educator; historian
• Jenny Levy, women’s lacrosse head coach, UNC-Chapel Hill
• Emil Malizia, neighboring resident; UNC-Chapel Hill emeritus professor and former chair of the department of city and regional planning
• Kate McAnulty, senior associate dean for student affairs, The Graduate School
• Anissa McLendon ’89, teaching assistant, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; E3 Camp founder and board of directors member
• Eric Muller, neighboring resident; Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics, UNC School of Law
• Jennifer Player ’01, president and CEO, Habitat for Humanity Orange County
• Brandon Sharp ’97, restaurateur
• Chela Tu ’09, Certified Commercial Investment Member, senior associate broker, BOLD Commercial Real Estate
• Jeff Tucker ’00 (MBA), executive director of the Wood Center for Real Estate Studies at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
• David Vollmer, vice president of real estate, development and facilities, UNC Health System
• Jeff Warren ’06 (PhD), executive director, North Carolina Collaboratory
• Madeline Warren ’27 (MPH), vice president for advocacy and government affairs for the Graduate and Professional Student Government
• Andrew Whittemore, associate professor, associate chair and Master of City and Regional Planning program director, UNC College of Arts and Sciences’ city and regional planning department
• Ted Zoller ’10 (PhD), T.W. Lewis Clinical Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School