IEI sees four areas as key to realizing North Carolina’s enormous potential: education, health, infrastructure and the environment, and the economy. To better inform our work, IEI is establishing an Issue Council for each of these areas. The Issue Councils will provide IEI with important guidance on its activities, including topics for future programs of work.
Eric Evans, Assistant County Manager, Edgecombe County
Maurice Green, Superintendent, Guilford County Schools
Linda Harrill, President and CEO, Communities in Schools
Caroline McCullen, Director, SAS Education Initiatives
Jo Ann Norris, Executive Director, Public School Forum of NC
Sylvia Pate, Executive Director, Robeson County Committee of 100
Elaine Scarborough, Executive Director, Anson County Partnership for Children
Hiller Spires, Professor and Friday Institute Sr. Research Fellow, NC State University
Phail Wynn, Vice President, Durham and Regional Affairs, Duke University
Tricia Willoughby, Executive Director, North Carolina Business Committee for Education
Barbara Morales Burke, Vice President of Health Policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Allen Feezor, Senior Advisor for Health Care Reform, NC Department of Health and Human Services
Laura Gerald, Executive Director, North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund
Mark Holmes, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Director, NC Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Roxanne Leopper, Policy Director, FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Community Health Services
Lourdes Lorenz, Director of Integrative Healthcare, Mission Hospital
Willona Stallings, Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness, NC Council of Churches
Alice Schenall, Assistant Director of Human and Public Relations, Area L AHEC
Benjamin Money, Executive Director, NC Community Health Center Association
Jim Baluss, Administrator, Regional Health Plans; University Health Plans of Eastern Carolina
Jean Crews-Klein, President, Klein Consulting
Dan Douglas, Director of Planning, Kling Stubbins Architects
Robert George, President, George Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability
Bill Klein, Project Executive, BE&K Building Group
Henry McKoy, Assistant Secretary for Community Development, NC Department of Commerce
Jeff Michael, Director, Urban Institute, UNC Charlotte
Danny Pleasant, Director, Charlotte Department of Transportation
Jane Preyer, Director of the SE Office, Environmental Defense Fund
Toddi Steelman, Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NC State University
Ivan Urlab, Executive Director, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
Nancy White, Director, UNC Coastal Studies Institute
Ronnie Bryant, President and CEO, Charlotte Regional Partnership
Tony Hayes, Chief Executive Officer, NC Indian Economic Development Initiative, Inc.
Terri Helmlinger Ratcliff, Executive Director, NC Industrial Extension Service
Don Hobart, Chief Advisor for Business & Economic Development, Office of the Governor
Jim Johnson, Partner, Blount Street Advisors
Stephanie McGarrah, Assistant Secretary of Policy, Research and Strategic Planning,
NC Department of Commerce
Bob McMahan, Dean, Kimmel School, Western Carolina University
Karl Smith, Assistant Professor of Economics and Government, UNC School of Government
Doris Paez, Executive Director, Forsyth Futures
Katherine Thomas, Director, Community Relations and Economic Development, Progress Energy
