Committee set to begin search for UNC-Chapel Hill’s next chancellor

The Chancellor’s Medallion, given to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993 by John Sanders, was updated in 2013 by Pittsboro sculptor Pete Hinton with a sterling silver Chain of Office that includes links engraved with names of previous Carolina chancellors, the Old Well and the Davie Poplar.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has formed a search committee to begin the process of finding and recommending finalists for consideration to become the next chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Richard Stevens, chair of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, will oversee the search committee to find Carolina’s 12th chancellor. Committee members represent the University’s Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students and alumni.

“As the first public university in the United States, UNC-Chapel Hill has a strong history of more than 225 years,” Stevens said. “As we look forward – at this critical moment in higher education – it is essential to have a visionary leader in place to lead and advance the initiatives of our great University.”

Community members can learn more about the process online. The committee will make recommendations to the full Board of Trustees, which will vote on candidates to recommend to UNC System Interim President Bill Roper. Roper will then recommend a candidate to the UNC Board of Governors, which will elect the new chancellor.

“I welcome the beginning of this process and the formation of this committee, which is comprised of highly qualified and well-respected representatives from the University community,” said Roper. “I am confident that this committee, drawing on input from all corners of campus, will locate the strongest candidates to lead UNC-Chapel Hill into the future.”

In February, Roper appointed Kevin M. Guskiewicz to serve as interim chancellor, succeeding Carol L. Folt.

The committee members are:

Teresa Artis Neal, Board of Trustees
David L. Boliek Jr., Board of Trustees
Anita R. Brown-Graham, UNC School of Government professor
Haywood D. Cochrane Jr., Board of Trustees
Gene Davis Jr., Board of Trustees
Douglas Dibbert, president of the General Alumni Association
Charles G. Duckett, Board of Trustees
Shelley Earp, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center director
Shayna Hill, Employee Forum chair, College of Arts & Sciences Statistics and Operations Research department manager
James Johnson Jr., William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Urban Investment Strategies Center director
Lloyd Kramer, interim chair of the faculty, history professor, Carolina Public Humanities director
Rich Leonard, General Alumni Association Board of Directors chair
Ashton B. Martin, student body president, senior
Patricia Parker, Department of Communications chair, associate professor
Andrew Perrin, sociology professor, Institute for the Arts and Humanities director, and special assistant to the provost and dean for accreditation and curricular innovation
Joy Renner, School of Medicine radiologic science clinical associate professor and director
Terry Rhodes, College of Arts & Sciences interim dean
Dwight D. Stone, Board of Trustees
Chastan Swain, Graduate and Professional Student Federation president, 3L, UNC School of Law