Board of Visitors

The Institute is advised by a Board of Visitors composed of distinguished Carolina alumni and friends with extensive environmental experience.

F. Bryan Brice, Jr. (Chair)
Attorney at Law
The Law Offices of F. Bryan Brice, Jr.
Raleigh, NC

James Y. Kerr II (Vice Chair)
Executive Vice President General Counsel and Chief Compliance Office
Southern Company
Atlanta, GA

Brian Bednar
President
Birdseye Renewable Energy, A Dominion Energy Company
Charlotte, NC

Philip Blumenthal
Chairman
Blumenthal Foundation
Charlotte, NC

Ann Colley
Director of Public Relations and Charitable Giving
Moore Capital Management, LP 
New York, NY

Christopher J. Daggett
Consultant 
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Morristown, NJ

Thomas F. Darden
Managing Director
Cherokee Investment Partners
Raleigh, NC

Bill Eichbaum
Vice President, Marine and Arctic Policy
World Wildlife Fund
Washington, D.C.

Kendrick Fentress
Attorney
Duke Energy Corporation
Raleigh, NC

Charles T. Hagan III
Attorney at Law
Offit Kurman
Greensboro, NC

William E. Hollan, Jr.
Manager
Hollan Properties, LLC
Winston Salem, NC

Reginald Ronald Holley (Ex-Officio, Chair Emeritus)
Principal
The Longmire Group, LLC
Raleigh, NC

G. Allen Ives, III
Chairman
Turnpike Properties, LLC
Slick Enterprises, Inc.
Rocky Mount, NC

Barrett Jenkins
Senior Project Manager
Restoration Systems
Raleigh, NC

Steve Levitas (Ex-Officio, Chair Emeritus)
Senior Counsel
Kilpatrick Townsend
Raleigh, NC

Todd Miller
Executive Director
North Carolina Coastal Federation
Ocean, NC

Pavel Molchanov
Senior Vice President and Equity Research Analyst,
Raymond James & Associates
Charlotte, NC

Will Morgan
Government Relations Attorney
Manning Fulton
Raleigh, NC

The Honorable Natalie Murdock ’07
Principal and Chief Strategist
Murdock Anderson Consulting
Raleigh, NC

Michael Piehler (Ex-Officio)
Director
Institute for the Environment
Professor of Marine Sciences and Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Chapel Hill, NC

William A. Pizer
Vice President, Research and Policy Engagement
Resources for the Future (RFF) 
Faculty Fellow
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions – Duke University

J. Adam Riggsbee
President
Riverbank Ecosystems
Austin, TX

Christopher Glenn Sawyer (Ex-Officio, Chair Emeritus)
Senior Counsel
Alston & Bird 
Atlanta, GA

Frances Seymour
Distinguished Senior Fellow
World Resources Institute 
Washington, D.C.

John D. Szoka
CEO
The Conservative Energy Network (CEN)
Fayettville, NC

Chandra Taylor-Sawyer 
Senior Attorney
Southern Environmental Law Center
Chapel Hill, NC

Hawley Truax
Director
Environmental Defense Fund Southeast Regional Office
Raleigh, NC