Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., Chair
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Sepi Asefnia
President, SEPI Engineering & Construction

Ruben Carbonell
Director, Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science, NC State University

Rick Carlisle
Managing Partner, Dogwood Equity

Jack Cecil
President, Biltmore Farms, Inc

Eva Clayton
Eva Clayton Associates International, Inc.

Blanton Godfrey
Dean, NC State College of Textiles

Andrea Harris
President, NC Institute of Minority Economic Development, Inc

Robert Ingram
Managing Patner, Hatteras Venture Partners

Lynn Lail

Toni Lipscomb
Managing Director, AWN Associates

Scott Ralls
President, NC Community College System

Abdul Rasheed
Founder, President & CEO, NC Community Development Initiative

Tom Ross
President, University of North Carolina

Carlos Sanchez
Regional Director – External Affairs, AT&T North Carolina

Pat Smith

Willy Stewart
President, Stewart Engineering

Hope Williams
President, NC Independent Colleges & Universities

W. Randolph Woodson
Chancellor, North Carolina State University

Dr. Tony Zeiss
President, Central Piedmont Community College