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Architects

The Architects of UNC Asheville's Strategic Plan Sixty-one percent of University employees and student leaders participated in community conversations that helped build the UNC Asheville Strategic Plan, from the first forums in fall 2006 to the Board of Trustees meeting in February 2008.

The information was collected and distilled by conveners, a think tank and the University Planning Council, with vital contributions from the Board of Trustees, Foundation Board of Directors, National Alumni Council, National Parents Council and the Family Business Forum.

UNC Asheville Conveners

  • Melissa Acker, Landscape Architect
  • Elizabeth R. Bagwell, Human Resources Director
  • Brian Butler, Associate Professor & Chair of Philosophy
  • Peter Caulfield, Professor of Literature, Institutional Development Committee
  • Margaret Downes, Professor of Literature, Chair of Faculty Senate
  • William K. Haggard, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • Herman Holt, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Institutional Development Committee
  • Edward Katz, Dean of University Programs
  • Jeff Konz, Associate Professor & Chair of Economics
  • Keith Krumpe, Professor & Chair of Chemistry
  • Tim Laughlin ’07, Student
  • JoAnne McKnight, Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Committee
  • John Noor ’07, Student Government Association President
  • David Peifer, Associate Professor & Chair of Mathematics
  • Katherine Peters, Honors Program Director
  • Bryan Sinclair, Associate University Librarian/Public Service
  • Barbara Svenson, Catalog/Acquisition Librarian
  • David Todd, Director of Facilities Management
  • Katherine M. Whatley, Interim Provost, Dean of Natural Sciences
  • Elizabeth Wilson, Associate Professor & Chair of Biology, Institutional Development Committee
  • Gordon Wilson, Professor of Philosophy
  • John Wood, Associate Professor of Sociology, Institutional Development Committee Chair

 

Think Tank Members

 

  • Gwen Ashburn, Associate Professor & Chair of Literature & Language
  • Archer Gravely, Director of Institutional Research
  • Bert E. Holmes, Professor of Chemistry
  • Patricia Hunt, Vice Chancellor for Finance & Operations
  • Calvin Kelly, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • James R. Kuhlman, University Librarian, Chief Information Officer
  • Bruce Larson, Director of Center for Teaching & Learning, Institutional Development Committee
  • Anne Ponder, Chancellor
  • Christine Riley, Chief of Staff

 

University Planning Council

 

  • Melissa Acker, Landscape Architect
  • Amanda Alvarez ’10, Student
  • Gwen Ashburn, Associate Professor & Chair of Literature & Language
  • Elizabeth R. Bagwell, Human Resources Director
  • Daniel Pierce, Associate Professor & Chair of History
  • Lothar Dohse, Professor of Mathematics
  • Archer Gravely, Director of Institutional Research
  • William Haas, Professor of Sociology
  • William K. Haggard, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • Herman Holt, Associate Professor of Chemistry , Institutional Development Committee
  • Patricia Hunt, Vice Chancellor for Finance & Operations
  • James R. Kuhlman, University Librarian, Chief Information Officer
  • Bruce Larson, Director of Center for Teaching & Learning
  • Judi Leffé, Chancellor’s Staff Advisory Committee
  • William P. Massey, Vice Chancellor for Alumni & Development
  • Adrienne Oliver, Information Technology Services
  • Anne Ponder, Chancellor & UPC Chair
  • Christine Riley, Chief of Staff
  • Barbara Svenson, Catalog/Acquisition Librarian
  • Katherine M. Whatley, Interim Provost, Dean of Natural Sciences
  • Elizabeth Wilson, Associate Professor & Chair of Biology, Institutional Development Committee
  • John Wood, Associate Professor of Sociology, Institutional Development Committee Chair & UPC Vice Chair

 

2007–08 Board of Trustees

 

  • Janice W. Brumit (Chair), Asheville
  • Alfred J. Whiteside Jr. (Vice Chair), Asheville
  • Douglas M. Orr Jr. (Secretary), Black Mountain
  • James R. Buckner ’71, Suwanee, Ga.
  • M. David Cogburn, M.D ’77, Arden
  • Leslie Bevacqua Coman, Raleigh
  • Joseph Damore, Asheville
  • Sue H. McClinton, Asheville
  • Audrey Byrd Mosley ’74, Washington, D.C.
  • Virgil Smith, Asheville
  • Cissie Stevens, Asheville
  • Pamela M. Turner, Asheville
  • Tristyn Card ’08 (SGA president), Zebulon