The Board of Advisers serves by advising the dean and helping to advance and support the school to ensure its reputation as a leading media and journalism school. Members of the board help identify and define changes in industry that will inform the direction of the school strategy, inspire advancements in curriculum and serve the faculty who are shaping the next generation of media leaders.

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media has three volunteer-driven boards — the Foundation Board, Board of Advisers and Hussman School Alumni Board — that assist in furthering the mission of the school. They share a common goal to raise funds and resources to support the school; raise awareness of the school’s mission, activities and achievements; provide advocacy for the school; and advise the school’s leadership.

CHAIR:

Allen Bosworth ’81

President and Chief Operating Officer
EP+Co.

 

VICE CHAIR:

William “Bill” Goodwyn ’82

Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Discovery Education
 

MEMBERS:

R. Frank Andrews IV ’90 

Chairman
The August Jackson Company
 

Natalie Best ’97

Chief Operating Officer + Principal
French/West/Vaughan

 

Selim Bingol

Senior VP and Chief Comm. Officer
Duke Energy
 

Gwendolyn "Wendy" Bounds ’93

Vice President & Chief Content Officer
Consumer Reports
 

C.L. Brown ’94

Sports Reporter
The Raleigh News & Observer

 

J.J. Carter ’96

Global Chief Operating Officer & President
FleishmanHillard (Americas region)
 

Jacqueline Charles ’94

Caribbean Correspondent
Miami Herald
 

Lisa Church

Former President
eMarketer
 

Brandon Cooke ’02

Global Chief Communications Officer
FCB 
 

Donald W. Curtis ’63

Chairman and CEO
Curtis Media Group

 

Jules Dixon ’91

Professor of the Practice
UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

 

Joyce Fitzpatrick ’76

President
Fitzpatrick Communications

 

Deborah S. Fullerton ’85 

SVP/Chief Marketing, Communications &
Consumerism Officer
Prisma Health

 

Nancy Gauss

Associate Managing Editor, Executive
Director of Video
 

 

Steve Hammel

Former VP and General Manager
WRAL
 

Jason Kilar ’93

Chief Executive Officer

 

Donna Leinwand Leger ’89

Former Managing Editor
USA Today
 

Hunter Lewis ’00

Editor-in-Chief
Food & Wine

 

Kevin Metz

Senior Management Consultant
Foundation Media
 

Pamela Meek ’86

Senior Dir. Of Corporate Communications
SAS Institute
 

J.J. Miller ’94

Senior Vice President, Media and Video
Oz Digital and Sharecare

 

Torod Neptune

Chief Communications Officer
Medtronic
 

David Oakley

President and Founding Partner
BooneOakley Advertising
 

Janet Northen Patterson

Partner and Executive Vice President, Director of Communications
McKinney
 

Christina Reynolds 

Vice President of Communications
Emily's List

 

Susan Cranford Ross ’78

Principal
Moss+Ross
 

John Schmidt ’89

Owner
Schmidt Public Affairs
 

Jeremy Clinton Spearman

News Producer
WRAL

Michael Steel ’99

Partner
Hamilton Place Strategies

 

David Tinson '96

Chief Marketing Officer
Electronic Arts Inc.

 

Robyn Tomlin ’96

Executive Editor
Carolinas Regional Editor
The News & Observer

 

Edward H. Vick ’66

Retired Chairman and CEO
Young and Rubicam

 

Kelly Williamson

President, North America
APCO Worldwide

 

David Woronoff

Publisher
The Pilot

 

Dana Yeganian ’95

Executive VP
Global Strategy Group

 

For more information, contact Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations Danita Morgan at (919) 962-6881 or danita_morgan@unc.edu.