Board of Trustees

Setting our school’s course, advancing our mission

Our 30-seat Board of Trustees is a diverse body​ comprised of seats reserved for North Carolina residents as well as non-resident appointees, including three ex officio, non-voting seats. The UNC Board of Governors along with North Carolina’s Senate and House of Representatives appoint our trustees.

The trustees meet quarterly at NCSSM-Durham or NCSSM-Morganton and provide guidance and oversight for the school in executing its mission.

Stephanie M. Bass ’91

Chair of the Board of Trustees, Executive Committee

Adam Falk ’83

Vice Chair of the Board, Executive Committee

Warwick A. Arden

Educational Policies & Practices Committee

Richmond Baker

Institutional Advancement Committee

Ellen Collett

Chair, Extended Learning Committee, Executive Committee

Michelle Ellwanger

Extended Learning Committee

Genevia Gee Fulbright

Fiscal, Audit & Human Resources Committee

Herman Holt

Educational Policies & Practices Committee

Craig Horn

Extended Learning Committee

Chaula Jain

Educational Policies & Practices Committee

Clark Jenkins

Fiscal, Audit, & Human Resources Committee

Elizabeth Karan

Fiscal, Audit & Human Resources Committee

Wayne Kimball ’07

Institutional Advancement Committee

Kamal Kolappa ’99

Chair, Institutional Advancement Committee, Executive Committee

Jennifer Levy ’90

Educational Policies & Practices Committee

Erin Locklear ’93

Chair, Fiscal, Audit, & Human Resources

Carolyn Maynor

Institutional Advancement Committee

Scott Millar

Institutional Advancement Committee

Anthony Negbenebor

Institutional Advancement Committee

Ursula Dudley Oglesby

Extended Learning Committee

Nathan Ramsey

Extended Learning Committee

Fredrick L. Reese

Institutional Advancement Committee

Carl Ryden ’89

Extended Learning Committee

Tonya Smith-Jackson ’82

Fiscal, Audit & Human Resources Committee

Ray Spain

Extended Learning Committee

Erik Troan ’91

Chair, Educational Policies & Practices Committee

Ex officio, non-voting members

Chad Cygan

Instructor of Choral Music

Steaven Ramírez Serrano ’24

Student Government President – Durham

Seven Skinner ’24

Student Government President – Morganton

Crystal Woods

Digital Media Specialist