UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees select 40 new members for the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees selected 40 alumni and community leaders to serve on the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors for a four-year term starting July 1, 2026.

Selected members serve as ambassadors to inform their communities about the University's priorities and, in turn, educate the University on how it can best serve communities around the world. The board is comprised of more than 200 members across the country who actively engage and assist the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and Chancellor Lee H. Roberts. Members also offer their professional expertise and experience while serving on one or more of five subcommittees. In that capacity, members partner with Honors Carolina to recruit top-tier students to Carolina, mentor current students as they navigate their transition to the workforce and respond to the need for ongoing communication with local, state and federal leaders.

Kari Stoltz of Raleigh, North Carolina, will serve as chair with Dr. Sanjib Mohanty of Charlotte, North Carolina, as vice chair. James F. Ammons of Fayetteville, North Carolina, will serve as the immediate past chair.

The new members are alphabetically listed below by North Carolina counties and by locations outside of North Carolina.

North Carolina

Cabarrus County: Dr. Jonathan Zsambeky of Concord

Carteret County: Marianne Waldrop of Emerald Isle

Durham County: Caroline Rogers of Durham

Gaston County: Bryan Jones of Belmont

Mecklenburg County: Wilson (Will) Culp; Olga Faison; Dr. Lee Gray; Laura Monk; and Richard (Rick) Rossitch of Charlotte

New Hanover County: Dr. Thomas Covington and Shannon Winslow of Wilmington

Orange County: David Baddour; Cliff Butler; Christopher (Chris) Ehrenfeld; Charles McMillan; Dr. Julie Molina; and Jane Okulski of Chapel Hill

Pitt County: Aurelia Monk of Greenville

Robeson County: John Lowery of Lumberton

Wake County: Seth Dearmin; Luke Farley; James Hunter; Todd McClure; Kevin McLaughlin; Shermon McMillan; Christie McNeill; Molly Painter; and Marshall Wall of Raleigh, and Oliver Pau of Cary

California

Matthew (Matt) Koury of Dana Point and David Liu of Palo Alto

District of Columbia

Averi Harper of Washington

Florida

Scott Norberg of Coral Gables

Illinois

Ethan Berghoff of Highland Park

New Jersey

Lindsay Thompson of Edgewater

New York

Jonathon Luft; William (Will) Lindsey; Thomas Porter; and Alexandra (Alex) Voris of New York City

Pennsylvania

Jonathan (Jon) Liggett of Bryn Mawr