Advisory Board
The Elon University School of Law Advisory Board includes prominent judges, attorneys and business leaders who advise the university about the law school's development.
The board is chaired by David Gergen, who served as director of communications for President Reagan and held positions in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford and Clinton.
Below are the members of the board:
Noel Allen, Raleigh, N.C.; Founding and Managing Partner, Allen and Pinnix, PA; Elon University trustee
Rhoda Bryan Billings, Lewisville, N.C.; N.C. Supreme Court, 1985-86, Chief Justice 1986; President, N.C. Bar Association, 1991-92; Professor Emeritus, Wake Forest University School of Law
Marc Bishop, Partner and Member of Management Committee, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
R. Steve Bowden, Greensboro, N.C.; Principal, R. Steve Bowden & Associates; member, University of North Carolina Board of Governors
Carole W. Bruce, Greensboro, N.C.; Partner, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP; member of the board of directors, The Greensboro Partnership
Alfred (A.P.) Carlton Jr., Raleigh, N.C.; CarltonLaw, PLLC; President, American Bar Association, 2002-03
Donald R. Dancer, Greensboro, N.C.; former Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, International Rectifier Corporation
W. Randy Eaddy, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton, LLP; Furman University trustee
James G. Exum, Greensboro, N.C.; Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP; N.C. Supreme Court, 1974-94, Chief Justice, 1986-94; N.C. House of Representatives, 1967
Henry E. Frye, Greensboro, N.C.; Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP; N.C. Supreme Court, 1983-2000, Chief Justice, 1999-2000; N.C. House of Representatives, 1968-80; N.C. Senate, 1980-82
David Gergen (Chair), Cambridge, Mass.; former adviser to four U.S. presidents; Professor of Public Service, Director of the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
Ellen M. Gregg, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Member, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC; member, N.C. Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, 2005-2008
James E. Holshouser, Pinehurst, N.C.; Senior Partner, Sanford Holshouser LLP; N.C. Governor, 1973-77, N.C. General Assembly, 1963-1966; 1969-1972
James B. Hunt, Raleigh, N.C.; Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC; N.C. Governor, 1977-1985, 1993-2001
Bassam N. Ibrahim, Alexandria, V.A.; Attorney and Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Ronny Lancaster, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Government Relations, Assurant, Inc.
Mark London, Washington, D.C.; Practice Lawyer, London & Mead; co-author with Brian Kelly of The Last Forest: The Amazon in the Age of Globalization (2007), The Four Little Dragons: Inside Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore at the Dawn of the Pacific Century (1989), and Amazon (1985)
Robert E. (Bobby) Long Jr., Greensboro, N.C.; Granville Capital, Inc.; Elon University trustee
Maureen O’Connor, Durham, N.C.; Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
James C. (Jack) Spencer Jr., Burlington, N.C.; N.C. Emergency Superior Court Judge, 2009-present; N.C. Resident Superior Court Judge, Judicial District 15A, 1994-2009; private law practice 1969-94
Jonathan Wall, Greensboro, N.C.; Higgins Benjamin, PLLC; chair, Labor Law Council, N.C. Bar Association, 2008-2009
Ex Officio
Wesley R. Elingburg, Chair, Elon University Board of Trustees
Jason Aycoth L'09, President, Elon Law Alumni Association and attorney with Garrett, Walker & Aycoth
Melissa Duncan L'09, Immediate Past President, Elon Law Alumni Association and attorney with Duncan Law, PLLC
Law School Representatives
Leo M. Lambert, President, Elon University
Gerald L. Francis, Executive Vice President, Elon University
Steven D. House, Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor - Biology, Elon University
Tim Peeples, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs & Professor - English, Elon University
George R. Johnson, Jr., Dean and Professor of Law
Eugenia H. Leggett, Associate Dean for Development, Elon University School of Law
Spring 2013
