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 Ellen Gregg, a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson LLP and a past member of the N.C. Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism.
Below are the members of the board:
Noel Allen, Raleigh, N.C.; President, Founding and Managing Partner, Allen & Pinnix, PA; Elon University trustee
Jennifer Bowden L’09, Greensboro, N.C.; Principal, R. Steve Bowden & Associates
Jason M. Burton L’11, Raleigh, N.C.; Principal, Burton Law Firm, PLLC
Hayleigh R. Carroll L’20, Greensboro, North Carolina; Assistant District Attorney, Guilford County District Attorney’s Office
Donald R. Dancer, Raleigh, N.C.; former Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, International Rectifier Corporation; Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Elon Law
Henry E. Frye, Greensboro, N.C.; retired, 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 (chair), Winston-Salem, N.C.; Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson LLP; member, N.C. Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, 2005-2008
Bassam (Sam) N. Ibrahim, Alexandria, Va.; Attorney and Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Mark S. Jetton ’06 L’09, Charlotte, N.C.; Founding Partner, Jetton & Meredith, PLLC
Andy Jones L’13, Wilmington, North Carolina; Managing Partner, NC, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Edward Lichtenstein, Chicago, Ill.; Managing Partner, The Law Offices of Edward Lichtenstein, P.C.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Long, Burlington, N.C.; Marketing Consultant (Retired)
Robert E. (Bobby) Long Jr., Greensboro, N.C.; Piedmont Capital Partners, LLC; Elon University trustee
Aaron Menser ’01, Wake Forest, North Carolina; Senior Vice President, Autopart International Sales & Operations, Advance Auto Parts
Susan I. Permut, Hopkinton, Mass.; Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel (retired), EMC Corporation
Rose Cordero Prey ’01, Princeton, New Jersey; Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nathan Standley L’11, Holly Springs, N.C.; Senior Vice President & Director of Privacy, State Employees’ Credit Union
Jordan Thompson ’14 L’Dec.’17, New York City; Legal Counsel, TikTok
Jonathan Wall, Greensboro, N.C.; Higgins Benjamin, PLLC; chair, Labor Law Council, N.C. Bar Association, 2008-2009
Gerald Walden, Whitsett, N.C.; Vice President & Head of Legal, The Fresh Market, Inc.
Ex Officio
David Porter, Chair, Elon University Board of Trustees
Law School Representatives
Connie Ledoux Book, President, Elon University
Rebecca Kohn, Provost, Elon University
Zak Kramer, Dean of Elon University School of Law