Advisory Board
The Elon University School of Law Advisory Board includes prominent judges, attorneys and business leaders who will advise the university in establishing the school and in its future 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:
David Gergen (Chair), Cambridge, Mass.; former adviser to four U.S. presidents and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Noel Allen, Raleigh, N.C.; 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
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.; Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP; President, Rotary Club of Greensboro; Treasurer, International Civil Rights Center & Museum Board of Directors; member of the board of directors, The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, The Stanley and Dorothy Frank Family Foundation, the Greensboro Partnership
Alfred (A.P.) Carlton Jr., Raleigh, N.C.; Partner, Allen and Pinnix, PA; President, American Bar Association, 2002-03
Donald R. Dancer, Manhattan Beach, Calif.; Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, International Rectifier Corporation
W. Randy Eaddy, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; Furman University trustee; Reynolda House Museum of American Art trustee; member, Metropolitan Atlanta United Way Board of Directors and Executive Committee
James G. Exum, Greensboro, N.C.; Smith Moore LLP; N.C. Supreme Court, 1974-94, Chief Justice, 1986-94
Henry E. Frye, Greensboro, N.C.; Special Counsel, 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
Ellen M. Gregg, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC; member, N.C. Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism
James E. Holshouser, Pinehurst, N.C.; Senior Partner, The Sanford Holshouser Law Firm LLP; N.C. Governor, 1973-77
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; Vice Chair, U.S. Trademark Law Committee, Intellectual Property Owners Association; Chair, Trademark Licensing Committee, Licensing Executives Society
Mark London, Washington, D.C.; 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
Thomas P. (Pat) Maroney, Charleston, W. Va.; Principal owner, Maroney, Williams, Weaver & Pancake PLLC; Member, Elon University Board of Visitors
Bonnie McElveen Hunter, Greensboro, N.C.; Chair of the American Red Cross; Founder and CEO, Pace Communications; U.S. Ambassador to Finland 2001-2003
William (Bill) McNairy, Greensboro, N.C.; Partner, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP; J.D. and Certified Public Accountant
Maureen Kelley O’Connor, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Edmond Seferi, New York, NY; Partner, McKee Nelson, LLP; Chief of Staff to the president of Albania, 1992-1994
James C. (Jack) Spencer Jr., Burlington, N.C.; N.C. Resident Superior Court Judge, Judicial District 15A; Private law practice 1969-94
Jonathan Wall, Greensboro, N.C.; partner, Robertson, Medlin & Troutman PLLC; member, Board of Governors, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; member, Board of Governors, New Lawyers Division, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
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