Board of Advisors

Tracy Ahrens, Strategic Program Leader

Liz Baird, President and Chief Executive Officer, NC Aquarium Society

Jeanne Milliken Bonds, Professor of the Practice, Impact Investment, and Sustainable Finance, UNC Kenan Flagler Business School

Lee Clark-Sellers, (retired) Innovation Officer, Cornerstone Building Brands

Al Donaldson, 2019-20 Kenan Fellow, ELA teacher, Durham School of the Arts

Arthina Dumas is an educator at the NC Virtual Public School and a 2014-15 Kenan Fellow

Steve Hill. EdD, Regional VP, Talent Pipeline Development, Wilmington

David Kaiser, Senior Director of Policy, Advocacy & Innovation at the North Carolina Rural Center

Jamie Lathan, PhD  (BOA Chair) Vice Chancellor for Extended Learning at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Alfred Mays, Chief Diversity Officer and Strategist, as well as Senior Program Officer for Diversity and Education at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Karen S. McPherson, Section Chief for Curriculum and Assessment, NCDPI

Deborah K. Mangum, (former director Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership) Retired and Giving Forward

Leah Sutton, (BOA Co-Chair) Vice President of Policy & Engagement, BEST NC