About the Board of Trustees

The thirteen-member Board of Trustees is the governing body for UNC Charlotte. Eight of its members are elected to four-year terms by the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. Four are appointed by the Governor. President of the Student Body Justin Ritchies also serves as an ex officio member. The Board elects its officers annually.

Longtime civic and business leader in Charlotte, Dr. Ruth G. Shaw now serves as the University's first woman chair of the Board. Dr. Shaw recently retired from Duke Energy and still serves as its executive advisor. Before joining Duke Energy, she was president of Centeral Piedmont community College for six years. Other Board officers are Norman R. Cohen, Vice Chair, and Eugene B. Johnson, Secretary.

Board members are listed on the Board Members site.

Honorary trustees are elected by the Board of Trustees for distinctive service to or interest in the university and for leadership in the community or a particular field. While honorary trustees do not have voting privileges, they provide advice, counsel and assistance to the Board of Trustees. Typically, honorary trustees are past members of the Board of Trustees. Members include F. Douglas Biddy, Howard C. (Smoky) Bissell, Sara Bissell, Douglas W. Booth, Cliff C. Cameron, Craig J. Caskie, John G. Cotham, Stephanie Counts, Kathleen R. (Kat) Crosby, Lisa Crutchfield, R. Stuart Dickson, Fredric J. Figge, John L. Fraley, Jr., Dee-Dee W. Harris, Howard H. Haworth, Robert B. Jordan, III, Graeme M. Keith, W. Duke Kimbrell, Margaret R. King, John D. Lewis, Bobby G. Lowery, R. William McCanless, Hugh McColl, Martha H. Melvin, Russell M. Robinson, Edward J. Snyder, Jr., Meredith R. Spangler, Thomas I Storrs, Eulada P. Watt, and Charles E. Zeigler, Jr.