The SILS Board of Visitors serve as trusted advisors on educational, research and service programs for the School. The Board assists SILS in enhancing the perception of the School, encouraging the highest quality education, participating in strategic planning, evaluating the School's progress and aiming to increase overall support.
Chair
Tim Gunter
Vice President of North Highland’s Global Expertise Network
for Energy and Utilities
Belmont, NC
Committee Members
Larry Alford
Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paul Andersen
Vice President of Workforce Enablement Technology, The Walt Disney Company
Burbank, CA
George Coe
Chief Operating Officer, Follett and Baker & Taylor (retired)
Charlotte, NC
Claire Leverett
Assistant Director of NC LIVE
Raleigh, NC
Meredith Evans
Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
Atlanta, GA
Charles Lowry
Professor Emeritus, College of Information Studies,
University of Maryland, College Park
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Robert Sidney Martin
Professor Emeritus
School of Library and Information Studies Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX
Previous Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Joyce L. Ogburn
Digital Strategies and Partnerships Librarian, Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
Susan Perry
Senior Advisor, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (retired)
South Hadley, MA
Mae Lipscomb Rodney
Library Director, Winston-Salem State University (retired)
Winston-Salem, NC
Fred Roper
Dean Emeritus, School of Library and Information Science,
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Daniel M. Russell
Research Scientist, Über Tech Lead,
Search Quality & User Happiness, Google
Mountain View, CA
David Singleton
Director of Libraries, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charlotte, NC
Bernie Todd Smith
Educational Ethics Consultant
Rochester, NY
Duncan Smith
EBSCO Information Services, Chief Strategist for Public Libraries
Durham, NC
Sarah Snow
Information Management Consultant
Chapel Hill, NC
Fred Stutzman
Founder and CEO, Freedom
Chapel Hill, NC
Julie Walker
Assistant Vice Chancellor & State Librarian,
Georgia Public Library Service ~ University Systems of Georgia
Atlanta, GA
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