The UNC Asheville Board of Trustees will welcome four new members appointed by the UNC Board of Governors at its next meeting. They include David Luck, former CEO, president and director of ABC Supply Company; Catherine Bell Mitchell, attorney and partner at Fox Rothschild, LLP; Michael Meguiar, executive vice president at Pursuit Aerospace; and Kelly Davis, vice president of mortgage lending at Park National Bank. Current trustee Roger Aiken, a financial advisor at Wells Fargo, was reappointed.
As is the case across the UNC System, the UNC Asheville Board of Trustees is composed of 13 members. Eight trustees are appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, and four appointed by the North Carolina legislature Speaker and President Pro Tempore.
The President of the Student Government Association, who is elected annually by the student body, also serves as a trustee. SGA President-elect Alondra Barrera Hernandez will represent students this coming academic year.
“UNC Asheville has been fortunate to consistently attract talented leaders across a variety of fields and sectors to devote their time and talent to the success of our University,” said Interim Chancellor Kimberly van Noort, “and this new class of trustees is a case in point.”
UNC Asheville’s New Board Members for 2023-24
Kelly Davis currently serves as the vice president of mortgage lending at Park National Bank. Prior to joining Park National, she was a mortgage loan manager at Forest Commercial Bank, an area manager at Suntrust, and a wealth manager at Wells Fargo. Davis has served as president of the North Buncombe High School Parent Teacher Student Organization, the coordinator of the Y&B Breast Cancer Support Group, and the event chair of UNC Asheville’s Our Turn to Play. She has also been active in the Lions Club of Black Mountain. She has served on the boards of Haywood Street Congregation Church, North Buncombe High School, Smart Start of Buncombe County, and founded the WNC Down Syndrome Alliance. A native of Waynesville, NC, Davis attended Western Carolina University and graduated from the CBA Executive Banking School at the University of Virginia and Furman University.
David Luck retired in 2015 from ABC Supply Company headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin, where he served as CEO, president and director. Prior to joining ABC, Luck was president of the Bridgestone/Firestone Retail Store Operations Company where he was responsible for the national chain of 1,700 company-owned “Firestone Tire and Service Centers.” Luck received a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Auburn University.
Michael Meguiar is the executive vice president at Pursuit Aerospace, and currently serves as the immediate past chair of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Prior to joining Pursuit, he was vice president of Global Operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Asheville, and worked for General Electric for over 20 years, and most recently serving as executive operations manager and general manager at GE Aviation in Asheville. He also served as plant leader for the GE Transportation Global Distribution Center in Chicago, and led GE Transportation’s manufacturing facility in Las Vegas. At GE Aviation he served as the general manager of Propulsion Technologies International. Meguiar is from western Kentucky and a graduate of Murray State University.
Catherine Bell Mitchell is an attorney and partner at Fox Rothschild, LLP in the real estate group. Prior to joining Fox’s predecessor, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, in 2013, she represented lenders in real estate litigation matters at McGuireWoods. An Asheville native, Mitchell serves on the North Carolina Bar Association Real Property Section Council, where she serves on the Commercial Committee and contributes to drafting and commenting on proposed state legislation and regulations. She is a member of the Charlotte chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women, and is active within her firm’s Women’s Initiative, where she moderates and participates in monthly meetings intended to encourage and promote female attorneys. She is also a member of the firm’s Real Estate CLE Committee. She earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Mercer University School of Law and Bachelor of Arts in history from Sewanee: The University of the South.
Roger Aiken has over three decades of experience in the financial services industry. Aiken also holds the CFP® certification as a financial professional. He has written a biweekly op-ed column for The Asheville Citizen-Times, and for 10 years provided the morning business report for WLOS-TV in Asheville. He served as a member of and vice chair for the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, and currently serves on the Eblen Charities Board of Directors. Aiken previously served on the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, and on the Buncombe County Board of Education, including two terms as chairman. Aiken earned a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts degree at Appalachian State University, with majors in both marketing and management.
Alondra Barrera-Hernandez is a rising junior from Rutherfordton majoring in music (classical voice), who is involved with several ensembles, including Asheville Singers, the wind ensemble, and Studio 018. They will also serve as a Resident Assistant for the upcoming year.
For the complete list of current UNC Asheville Board of Trustees and meeting information, visit https://leadership.unca.edu/board-of-trustees/board-members/.
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