Board of Directors

The Board of Directors guides the institute and oversees its operations. Board members help identify, interview and select men and women with leadership potential and they appoint them as Fellows in the Institute's Leadership Program.

Chairman Emeritus

William C. Friday
President Emeritus of the University of North Carolina. For more information on William Friday please click here.

Members

The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice.
Governor of North Carolina
1977-1985, 1993-2001

Jim Melvin
President
Joseph M. Bryan Foundation

The Honorable Art Pope
Chairman & President
John William Pope Foundation & Variety Wholesalers, Inc.

Craven E. Williams, Ph.D.
President
Greensboro College

Robert H. Dorff, Ph. D.
Executive Director
Institute of Political Leadership