Board of Visitors
The Board of Visitors serves NC State University by providing advice to the Chancellor, and through the Chancellor, to the Board of Trustees. The Board of Visitors is composed of thirty members. The Chancellor makes the remaining appointments. The Board of Visitors has the following functions:
- assists the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees in ensuring that NC State University's relative standing among the premier universities in America is maintained and enhanced,
- serves as advocates for NC State University in achieving its educational purposes and accomplishments,
- and brings visibility and contacts to the campus from distant areas.
The next Board of Visitors meeting will be held on Friday, September 25, 2009.
Members
Jimmy D. Clark (Chair)
Jimmy D. Clark, PE, is Owner and President of Guy M Turner, Inc. Based
in Greensboro, NC, the company has ten offices in seven states. His
company, founded in 1924, specializes in Heavy Rigging, Specialized
Transportation and Crane Services. Mr. Clark has a B.S. in Civil
Engineering from NC State University (1974) and is a registered
Professional Engineer. Mr. Clark is member of the NC State Engineering
Foundation Board, Dean's Circle, Student Aid Association, Alumni
Association, and The Walter Hines Page Society. He has served on the
Park's Scholarship Selection Committee and established the Jimmy D.
Clark Distinguished Professorship for the Department of Civil,
Construction and Environmental Engineering at NC State. He is the
father of two sons; one is a current student at NC State.
Sepideh (Sepi) S. Asefnia
Sepi Asefnia, PE, is Owner and President of SEPI Engineering Group, Inc. (SEPI) in Raleigh, NC. Her firm, founded in 2001, specializes in Roadway and Structure Design; Transportation Planning; Traffic Engineering and Operations; Water Resources; Permitting/Natural Resources; Wetland Stream Mitigation; Site/Civil Design; Surveying, and Construction Management. SEPI currently employs 40 individuals working in North and South Carolina. Ms. Asefnia holds a bachelor’s degree in both Civil and Agricultural Engineering from NC State University and is a registered Professional Engineer in eight states. Prior to forming her own firm, she spent over 16 years in the field of transportation engineering design and management of which she worked approximately 12 years with the North Carolina Department of Transportation in Highway Design and Traffic Engineering. Her current day-to-day responsibilities include managing firm’s projects in North and South Carolina, financial and administrative management, and business development. Ms. Asefnia is very active in the community and is serving on the Executive Board for Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW); past president of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS); and Board of Directors for the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina (ACEC/NC); Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and NC State University Board of Visitors. She was inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women in the category of Science and Technology and serves on the Board Advisory Council of the Women’s Center of Wake County.
Larry A. Bowman
Larry Bowman is a Consultant/Private Investor. He graduated from NC State with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering in 1973 and earned his MBA from Wake Forest University in 1983. His career has been spent in the telecommunications industry. He was a founder, principal and President of Prodelin Corporation, a manufacturer of satellite communications equipment,
now General Dynamics Satcom Division. Mr. Bowman is a member of the NC State College of Engineering Foundation Board of Directors. He serves on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Catawba Valley and he is Chair of the SALT (Science, Arts, Literature Together) Block Foundation Board of Directors in Catawba County. He is also serves on the advisory board of the North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications and Future Forward, a regional economic development initiative for western North Carolina.
Richard Bryant
Richard Bryant graduated from NC State in 1981 with a B.A. in Business Management. He formed Capital Investment Counsel and Capital Investment Group Inc., a securities brokerage and advisory firm in 1984. Mr. Bryant received NC State's Alumni Association's Young Alumnus Award in 2001 and the Outstanding Alumnus Award from NC State's College of Management in 1997. He serves on the Board of Directors for Arts NC State, the Advisory Board for the College of Management, and is a lifetime member of the Wolfpack Club. Mr. Bryant also represents NC State on the Microelectronics Center of the North Carolina Endowment Fund Board and as a Volunteer Leader for the Campaign for NC State Students, as well as on the Park Scholarships Selection Committee and the NC State Foundation Board.
Tommy Bunn
Jessie Thomas Bunn (Tommy) is CEO and General Manager of Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation. The Cooperative is grower-owned and grower-governed and markets leaf tobacco and tobacco products in domestic and international markets. He graduated from NC State in 1966 with a degree in Agricultural Business-Crop Science. He is currently Vice Chairman and Committee Chairman of the Golden Leaf Foundation which provides grants to economically distressed rural areas of North Carolina. He is also Co-Chair of the Secretary of Agricultures and the U.S. Trade Representatives Technical Advisory Committee on Tobacco Trade Policy (ATAC) and has served on a number of other boards and committees.
Henry Campen
Throughout his legal career, Henry Campen has helped emerging industries and high-tech companies establish and expand across the Southeast. Mr. Campen represents clients on permitting and regulatory matters with a focus on renewable energy development. His clients include wind, solar and biomass companies. Mr. Campen currently serves as Managing Partner for Parker Poe’s Raleigh Office and is a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Advisors for the College of Management at North Carolina State University; the Wake Forest University Alumni Council; the Board of Directors for SAFEchild, and the Board of Advisors for YMCA Camp Sea Gull/Camp Seafarer. Mr. Campen received his JD, summa cum laude, 1986 from North Carolina Central University, his MPA, 1978 from American University and his BA, 1971 from Wake Forest University.
H.D. Cornelius
H.D. Cornelius has been instrumental in strengthening and establishing a closer working relationship with the swine area of NC State's College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1993 he was awarded the Watauga Metal, recognizing his distinguished service on behalf of the University and the College of Veterinary Medicine. He has served as President of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation and currently serves as a member of the board. He has just recently been named Board Emeritus of the North Carolina College of Veterinary Medical Foundation. Mr. Cornelius served as President of the NC Pork Council and as a member of the NC Farm Bureau. He has been very active with 4-H leadership and with the Dixie Classic Fair in Winston-Salem. After retiring from the hog business, Mr. Cornelius continues to serve his community as a volunteer for many organizations.
Kathyrn Council
As Vice President of Publications, Kathy Council oversees development and delivery of online and printed documentation and information products that support SAS products globally. SAS Press, an in-house publishing organization that produces a family of retail publications written by authors on topics of interest to SAS users and developers is also a part of the Publications division. Vice President since 1985, Council has headed the Publications unit since originally joining SAS in 1977. She has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a master's degree in statistics from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
Kaye Cowher
Kaye Cowher graduated from NC State in 1978 with a B.A. in Sociology after spending two years at Peace College. She was recruited to join the women’s basketball squad at NC State where, under the guidance of Coach Kay Yow, the team finished 21-3 and 29-5 respectively, ranking 3rd nationally and winning the inaugural ACC title with a perfect 9-0 record in 1978. Following graduation, Kaye went on to play with the New York Stars in the first ever season of the Women’s Basketball League where she was then invited to play in the League’s Inaugural All-Star Game. After a season with the Stars, Kaye spent two more years in the League with the New Jersey Gems, competing against players like Carol Blazejowski, Ann Meyers and Nancy Lieberman. Kaye currently lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband Bill, also an NC State graduate, who played linebacker for the Wolfpack for four years before playing and coaching in the National Football League. Bill and Kaye have three daughters – Meagan (23), a Princeton graduate who is currently teaching in the Bronx as part of the Teach for America program; Lauren (21), a current senior at Princeton University and Lindsay (18), a freshman basketball player at Wofford University.
William A. Culpepper
William H. Culpepper is a native of Nash County, NC and is the Founder, President and CEO of SePRO Corporation, a leading specialty agrichemical company with offices in Carmel, IN and research facilities in Whitakers, NC. Prior to the formation of SePRO Corporation in 1994, he spent more than 25 years with Eli Lilly and DowElanco in a variety of sales, marketing and management roles. Mr. Culpepper is a co-founder and board member of several leading industry organizations including Responsible Industry for Sound Environment (RISE), the Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing the specialty chemical industry; the RISE Aquatic Working Group; the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation; and he is a board member of Crop Life America, another Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing the agrichemical industry. In addition to industry associations, Mr. Culpepper also serves on various community development boards including the BioCrossroads Advisory Board. BioCrossroads is a privately funded organization that is dedicated to fully leveraging Indiana's existing world-class life science assets. Mr. Culpepper graduated from NC State in 1966 with a B.S. in Agronomy. He is a member of the NC State Campaign Steering Committee promoting the Achieve! Campaign and was named CALS Outstanding Alumnus for 2005.
James Davis
James Davis graduated from NC State in 1958 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He is also a graduate of the Harvard University Advanced Management Program. Mr. Davis retired as a Senior Vice President for Carolina Power and Light Company (now Progress Energy). Prior to joining Carolina Power and Light, Mr. Davis served as a reserve officer in the U.S. Air Force and became a test engineer in the Experimental Engineering Department of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft. Mr. Davis has served as the President of the Board for the NC State Engineering Foundation. In 1998, Mr. Davis was named as one of the College of Engineering's Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award winners.
Martha E. Emrich
Martha Emrich is the Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Emrich Enterprises, LLC, a private company that provides professional services in sales, product development, and plasma technology applications primarily for industrial carpeting and for fabrics used in perfomance/activewear apparel, automotive headliners, and military applications. Originally from Belmont, NC, her career in textiles started at a young age following in her Father's footsteps. Since graduating from NC State University with a B.S. in Textiles, she has worked in various capacities and for various companies within the textile industry including Navy Cothing and Textile Research Facility and Guilford Mills, Inc. prior to establishing Emrich Enterprises with her husband, John. Mrs. Emrich is a long time member of the NC State Alumni Association and Wolfpack Club. She also currently serves on the Board of the College of Education for NC State University.
Charles A. Flink
Charles A. "Chuck" Flink is founder and president of Greenways Incorporated, an environmental planning and landscape architecture company established in 1986 and based in Durham, NC. He is a Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects and the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Design at NC State. Flink is an award winning author, planner and landscape architect, having completed project work in more than 200 communities and 5 countries. He has been featured in National Geographic, Landscape Architecture China, Triangle Business Journal, Landscape Architecture, Walking, American Planning, Good Housekeeping, Southern Living and American City County. He is a 1982 graduate of NC State’s College of Design and served as an Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture for five years. He is a Lifetime Member of the NC State Alumni Association. He served three consecutive terms as Chairman of the Board for American Trails, Washington, DC; as a member of the North Carolina Greenways Advisory Panel, established by Governor James Martin; and is currently serving his 5th term as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the East Coast Greenway, a 3,000-mile urban trail that extends from Maine to Florida.
Edwin G. Foulke
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr is a partner with Fisher & Phillips LLP, a leading national labor and employment law firm. Mr. Foulke works with the firm’s Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group in its Atlanta, Georgia office. Prior to joining Fisher & Phillips, Mr. Foulke was the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. Named by President George W. Bush to head OSHA, he served from April, 2006 to November 2008. During his tenure at OSHA, workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities rates dropped to their lowest level in recorded history. For approximately thirty (30) years, Mr. Foulke has worked in the labor and employment area, specializing in occupational safety and health issues, workplace violence risk assessment and prevention, whistleblower protection, and accident and fatality prevention. Mr. Foulke also served on the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission in Washington, DC, chairing the Commission from March 1990 to February, 1994. Mr. Foulke, a native of Perkasie, PA, graduated from North Carolina State University with a BA degree in Political Science (with honors) in 1974. He earned his law degree from Loyola University – New Orleans in 1978 and a Master of Law (Labor) degree from Georgetown University Law School in 1993.
David Fox
David Fox, an Olympic Gold Medalist in swimming, received a B.A. in Civil Engineering from NC State University in 1994. While a swimmer for NC State, he won seven ACC titles, one NCAA title, and was the recipient of the Alumni Association Athletic Trophy in 1993. Following his swimming career, Mr. Fox attended UNC-Chapel Hill where he earned a Master’s in Business Administration in 1999 and served as the assistant swimming coach for the varsity swimming team for three years. Following business school, he spent 6 years in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs & Co., in Philadelphia, PA where he was a Vice President. In January 2006, Mr. Fox was named Regional Manager of the firm’s Atlanta office, responsible for a 10 state territory in the Southeast, including North Carolina.
J. Lewis Hardy, Jr.
J. Lewis Hardy serves as President of the Licensing Resource Group, Inc. (LRG), a trademark management company servicing colleges, universities, and special athletic properties nationwide. Prior to LRG, Mr. Hardy was instrumental in several of Champion Products' marketing and brand management campaigns in the athletic, bookstore, and corporate divisions while serving as an executive with the company for eighteen years. He also worked for the Colgate/Palmolive Sports Division, which owned twenty-one sports-oriented companies. During his career, Lewis has worked with the NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, USOC, NHL, ASA and many recreational organizations in developing their uniforms, marketing programs and brands. He holds both a B.A. degree in Business Management (1975) and a B.S. degree in Textile Technology (1977) from NC State University.
Ken Maxwell
Ken Maxwell received his B.S. in Agricultural Education from NC State in 1984 and Executive MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1998. He is the Director of Business Development for Mountain Air Development Corporation where he oversees marketing, business development and real estate resales. He previously spent more than five years with Progress Energy in economic development and community relations roles. Mr. Maxwell also has eleven years of experience in international business and six years in business management and consulting. Since moving to western North Carolina in 2005, Mr. Maxwell has been active in the community and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Western North Carolina YMCAs and the Board of Directors of the Asheville-Buncombe Technical College Foundation. He is a long time member of the NC State Alumni Association and Wolfpack Club. He is a NC Fellows alum and has been actively involved in the Caldwell Fellows and Park scholarship programs.
John McCarter
John McCarter retired from GE after more than thirty years, serving in corporate officer roles in GE’s Energy business and its corporate region management. In his final position with GE, he was President and Region Executive, GE Power Systems Sales Europe. He was responsible for commercial activities across the portfolio of GE’s business units dealing with electrical energy production and management, as well as the oil and gas energy industry. For more than five years prior to this posting, McCarter served as President and CEO of GE Latin America, responsible for growing the spectrum of GE’s business lines in South and Central America as well as the Caribbean. McCarter graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering from NC State University, and volunteered as GE’s executive liaison for State for more than a decade. He served for many years on the North Carolina State Engineering Foundation board, including two years as President, and was also honored as 2000 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus, NCSU. In addition, he has extensive board experience with various organizations shaping economic, trade and social policy across the Americas.
Calvin McNeill
Calvin McNeill is currently Senior Director, Global Clinical Safety, at Daiichi Medical Research in Montvale, NJ. He has also held positions in pharmaceutical medicine at Takeda Global Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and American Home Products. He served ten years as a U.S. Army physician. A 1976 NC State graduate with a B.S. degree in Biology, McNeill received his M.D. degree in 1980 from the UNC School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. He did postgraduate training in diagnostic radiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. In 1999, he received the NC State University Alumni Association Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. His affiliations include the Radiological Society of North America, the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, National Medical Association, and life member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. In addition, he has served on the NC State University Alumni Board of Directors and the NC State Athletics Council and is a member of the Chancellor's Circle, NC State University.
Dan K. McNeill
Upon the completion of a Bachelor of Science and ROTC instruction, Gen. Dan McNeill (retired) graduated from NC State University and received a commission as an infantry officer in the US Army in 1968. During his 40 years of active service, he enjoyed a myriad of stateside and overseas assignments. In recent years, he served successively as commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, US Army Forces Command, and NATO's International Security Assistance Force. A native of the Duplin County town of Warsaw, Dan now resides in Fayetteville, NC. Since his retirement from the US Army on July 31, 2008, he has begun a second career of service to the community and part-time work in both the private and defense sectors.
Dell Murphy
Dell Murphy is Founder and President of Murphy Family Ventures LLC, a management company that provides professional services to its clients, particularly focused on swine production and real estate development. His latest venture has been in the portable storage industry where he is an owner of 1-800-PACKRAT franchise stores. Mr. Murphy attended Appalachian State University and is a 1990 graduate from NC State University with a degree in Swine Management. He currently serves on the NC Wildlife Commission, the Wolfpack Club Board, and has recently been appointed to serve on the NC Ag and Life Science Research Foundation Board.
Linda J. Noble
Linda J. Noble graduated magna cum laude from the School of Design at NC State University in 1983 with a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Product Design. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, a member of the NC State University College of Design Guild, a lifetime member of the NC State Alumni Association, and a member of the R. Stanhope Pullen Society. Linda has had a full-time freelance graphic design practice for 25 years and has received numerous industry awards and professional recognition. She has been married to A. Craig McDuffie for 28 years.
Michael Peirson
Michael Peirson received his B.S. in biology from Delaware Valley College in 1970. He worked at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science from 1972 to 1974 in bivalve mollusk research. From 1974 to 1979 he was employed at the research division of the Rohm & Haas Company and was responsible for environmental testing of new agricultural herbicides. In 1979 he enrolled in the doctoral program at NC State University’s College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PAMS) under a Sea Grant Fellowship and received his degree in 1983. Later that year, he was hired by the Ballard Fish & Oyster Company to start Cherrystone Aqua-Farms, which has become one of the biggest producers of farm-raised littleneck clams in the country. Dr. Peirson has served on the Virginia Aquaculture Advisory Board, the Farm Bureau Aquaculture Commodity Committee and numerous other state advisory boards. He served as President of the Northampton County (Virginia) Sustainable Development Task Force and represented the County on the state Sustainable Development Board. He served on NC States’s PAMS Foundation Board for 12 years and on the Finance Committee for most of those years.
William D. Poe, Jr.
William D. Poe, Jr. is a Raleigh
native and serves as Managing Partner of Poe Properties, LLC, a real
estate development and management company. He holds a BSBA degree from
UNC (Chapel Hill) and a M.A. degree from the University of South
Carolina. Mr. Poe served on the NCSU Education Foundation from 1982
- 86 and is presently a member of the College of Education's Advisory
Board. He has been active in community service by serving on the Board
of Directors of the Triangle Area American Red Cross, the Boys Club of
Wake County, the Raleigh Vocational Center and Downtown Housing
Improvement Corporation. In addition to his interest and commitment to
education at the University, Bill and his family support the Alice
Aycock Poe Center for Health Education in Raleigh.
Freda Porter, PhD
Dr. Freda Porter is President and CEO of Porter Scientific, an Environmental and Information Technology solutions company. She holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics with a Computer Science focus, from North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Duke University. Dr. Porter (Lumbee) is one of few American Indian women who have earned a doctorate in Mathematical Sciences. Some of her achievements were featured in the 1995 PBS documentary - Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science in America. She serves on numerous boards and committees including the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, the NC Advisory Commission on Military Affairs, and the Board of Directors for ASCENT: Leading Multicultural Women to the Top.
Susan Rabon
Susan Rabon graduated Summa Cum Laude from NC State with a B.A. in Political Science. Ms. Rabon received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. In 1993, she joined the staff of the Attorney General’s Office in Raleigh as Special Counsel and in 1994 became Deputy Attorney General for Administration, where she oversaw the day-to-day operation of the Department of Justice. In 2001, Ms. Rabon moved to the Governor’s Office with incoming Governor Michael F. Easley. As Senior Assistant for Administration she serves as one of the Governor’s top three advisors and oversees the day-to-day administrative operations of the Governor’s Office. She provides the Governor with advice in many areas of state government, particularly in the areas of budget, personnel and technology.
Jo Anne Sanford
Jo Anne Sanford is a sole practitioner in the Sanford Law Office and is a partner in Blount Street Advisors, a governmental consulting firm in Raleigh. She served on the NC Utilities Commission in the Hunt and Easley administrations from 1995 through 2006, leading it as Chair for ten years of her tenure. She is a nationally recognized expert in regulated utilities, served on numerous state and national boards, and is regularly requested to speak on matters concerning regulatory policy and requirements. Her current professional focus is on regulatory and governmental policies that support sustainability in a low-carbon environment, infrastructure investment, and broadband deployment. Current board service includes the State Employees Credit Union, Sustainable North Carolina, Burning Coal Theatre, Trinity United Methodist Church trustees, Microcell, and NC State’s Graduate School Board of Advisors and SPIA Board. A 1972 graduate of NCSU (Political Science) and a 1975 graduate of the UNC-CH School of Law, she worked from 1975-1995 with the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office in the fields of environmental, insurance, energy and utilities law.
James A. Stewart
James A. Stewart (Jim) is Owner and President of Stewart Investment Properties, Inc., located in Durham, NC His firm, founded in 1997, specializes in commercial real estate brokerage and investments. Mr. Stewart earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1970) and a MBA (2009), both degrees from NC State University. Prior to becoming active in real estate, Mr. Stewart was employed by IBM Corporation serving in many varied capacities in the telecommunications industry from engineering to marketing. He also served for four years on active duty in the U.S. Army. Mr. Stewart is active with the university and in the community. He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Mechanics and Farmers Bank and its parent company, M&F Bancorp, Inc. He also serves as chairman of Triangle Community Foundation’s Real Estate Board and has served on the board of the YMCA of the Triangle and the board of advisors of the YMCA of Durham. He currently serves as chairman of the NC State Chancellor’s African American Advisory Council, is a life member of the NC State Alumni Association and is a member of both the Wolfpack Club and the The Leonidas Lafayette Polk Society.
Larry Sykes
Larry M. Sykes is a native of Franklin County, North Carolina and earned three degrees from the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at NC State University: a bachelor’s in 1966, a master’s in 1968 and a doctorate in 1971. Upon completion of his Ph.D. degree he was employed by Philip Morris USA in Richmond, VA where he held various positions until his retirement in early 2004 as Director of Agricultural Programs in the Leaf Department. In this capacity he directed and initiated liaison with the U. S. tobacco production industry concerning tobacco production technology, tobacco production policy and public issues. He oversaw Philip Morris’ grants programs in support of research, extension and academic programs at seven land-grant universities in the southeastern United States. Larry has served as President of the North Carolina 4-H Development Fund and President of the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation where he currently is Chair of the Investment Committee. He is a lifetime member of the NC State Alumni Association and has served as a member of that organization’s Board of Directors. He also was co-chair of the recently completed CALS Capital Campaign as a part of N. C. State’s Achieve Campaign. In 2004 he was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus by CALS and in 2007 as the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department’s Outstanding Alumnus.
Dewayne Washington
Dewayne Washington received his B.A. degree from NC State in 2001. While at NC State, Dewayne was a member of the football team from 1990-1993 and was later drafted in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings in 1994. After retiring from the NFL with 12 years of service, Dewayne has participated in various real estate projects assisting with the revitalization of downtown Durham, NC. In 2009 he started Carolina Skills Academy to bring the most comprehensive year-round football skills academy to the Triangle. Currently he is involved in many community activities such as the Durham YMCA Board, NC State Alumni Board, Union Baptist Trustee Board, 100 Black Men Organization and a volunteer coach for Pop Warner football. Dewayne is married to NC State graduate Adama Washington and is the proud father of three children.
Stephen (Steve) P. Zelnak
Steve Zelnak is Chairman and CEO of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. He is a graduate of Georgia Tech and received his M.B.A. from University of Alabama. Mr. Zelnak is completing a three-year term on the College of Management Board of Advisors. He has been active in many community organizations and is well known in Raleigh area business circles. He formerly was Chair of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry (NCCBI), past Chairman of the NC Department of Community Colleges Foundation, and is on the President's Advisory Committee at Georgia Tech.
Contacting the Board of Visitors
Kevin Howell
Assistant to the Chancellor for External Affairs
Diane Gregory
External Affairs, Assistant
NC State University
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Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: (919) 515-9340
Fax: (919) 831-3545