Board of Visitors
Board of Visitors
The Institute is advised by a Board of Visitors (BOV) composed of distinguished Carolina alumni and friends with extensive environmental experience and/or networks. The BOV is critical to the Institute’s development work and in setting priorities for the organization. Individual board members support the Institute in a myriad of ways, such as establishing partnerships with external stakeholders and providing networking and professional development opportunities for students.
Brian C. Bednar
Chair, UNC Institute for the Environment Board of Visitors
Founder and Renewable Executive
The AES Corporation
Charlotte, N.C.
Anthony Buckley
Senior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Environmental Sciences Major
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Ann Colley
Director of Public Relations and Charitable Giving, Moore Capital Management, LP
New York, N.Y.
Kendrick Fentress
Attorney, Special Advisor
Clean Energy Deployment, State Energy Office, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
Raleigh, N.C.
Reginald (Reggie) Ronald Holley
Chair Emeritus, UNC Institute for the Environment Board of Visitors
Principal, The Longmire Group, LLC
Raleigh, N.C.
James Y. Kerr II
Vice Chair, UNC Institute for the Environment Board of Visitors; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company Gas
Atlanta, GA
Pavel Molchanov
Senior Vice President and Equity Research Analyst, Raymond James & Associates
Charlotte, N.C.
Michael F. Piehler
Director, UNC Institute for the Environment
mpiehler@email.unc.edu(919) 966-6026
William (Billy) A. Pizer
President and CEO for Research and Policy Engagement, Resources for the Future (RFF)
Washington, D.C.
Christopher (Chris) Glenn Sawyer
Chair Emeritus, UNC Institute for the Environment Board of Visitors; and Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird
Atlanta, GA
Frances Seymour
Senior Advisor, Office of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
