Poole College Advisory Board

The Poole College of Management meets regularly with multiple boards of advisors to maintain a vital connection with real-world issues and industry trends. This ongoing engagement with the business community helps assure that we as a college fulfill our mission and vision. Members of the primary Poole College of Management board work directly with the dean’s office and the executive team of the college. Their service to the college is greatly appreciated

Board Members

  • DeLisa Alexander
    Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, Red Hat
  • Kevin Beasley
    Retired, Grant Thornton LLP
  • Stacy Betts
    Senior Director, Nationals Partner Organization, Cisco
  • Christina Blaszczak
    Director, Fixed Income Product Control, Credit Suisse
  • Jeffrey G. Brock
    Managing Partner, Hargett Hunter Capital Partners
  • Henry Campen
    Partner, Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein LLP
  • Chris Cooper
    Assistant Vice President, Program and Project Management, MetLife
  • Jim Davis
    Strategy Marketing and Operations Executive
  • Ron Doggett
    Executive-in-Residence, NC State College of Management; Goodmark Foods [retired]
  • Matt Ellis
    Managing Director and Regional Executive, North Carolina-Tennessee, U.S. Trust
  • Bill Hamlin
    President and CEO, The Hamlin Companies
  • James Hansen
    Regional President, PNC Bank
  • Matthew W. King
    President, Regional Operations & Corporate Development, Cottingham & Butler
  • O’Hara Macken
    EVP, COO, Global Markets Group, Ipreo
  • Russ McLauchlan
    Chairman and CEO, CALVERT Holdings
  • Tim J. Merrett
    Vice President, Turf and Utility Platform, John Deere
  • Mark Morais
    Vice President, Strategic Deal Development and Pricing, Covance
  • David C. Morgan
    Wake County Market Executive, Union Bank
  • David Otteni
    Associate Director, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
  • A. Joseph Paradise, Jr.
    Managing Partner, KPMG
  • Jon Pershke
    Vice President, Think Business Group, Strategy and Transformation, Lenovo
  • Gina Poole
    Chief Marketing Officer, Amazon Game Developers
  • Greg Poole, III
    Chairman and President, Gregory Poole Equipment
  • Annette L. Ranft
    Dean, Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr. Chair, NC State Poole College of Management
  • Brian Ricker
    Director of World Wide Client Services and Support, IBM
  • Laura E. Robinette
    Raleigh Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • Jon Rufty
    President and CEO, The Rufty Companies
  • JR Shearin
    Managing Partner, Deloitte
  • Glenn Sherrill
    President and COO, Steelfab, Inc
  • Samuel L. Straight
    Executive-In-Residence, SCRC, Poole College of Management at NC State University
  • E. Stephen Stroud
    Chairman, NAI Carolantic Realty, Inc.
  • William F. Troxler, Jr.
    President and CEO, Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
  • Alex Wallace
    Managing Director, Head of Public Finance, US Bancorp Municipal Securities Group
  • Jeff Ward
    Regional Executive Vice President, First Citizens Bank
  • Cindy Whitehead
    Founder and CEO, The Pink Ceiling Foundation
  • Cooper Willis
    Executive Vice President and Co-Director for Southeast Region, Bellwether Enterprise
  • Jeff Wright
    Director, US Antimony Corporation
  • G. Smedes York
    President, York Properties, Inc. / McDonald York Building Company
  • Stephen Zelnak
    Chairman, Beazer Homes and ZP Enterprises, LLC