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PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6201

Location: Lumbee Hall, Room 406
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Committee Members

• Search Chair & Trustee Chairwoman Freda Porter, Pembroke, N.C.
  President and CEO, Porter Scientific, an environmental consulting and IT support firm. Recipient:  2007 NC Minority Business Person of the Year; 2007 UIDA’s American Indian Business of the Year. Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Board of Trustees. Featured in a PBS documentary titled “BREAKTHROUGH:  The Changing Face of Science in America.” B.S. (Mathematics), UNCP, 1978; Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics), Duke University, 1991.
• Kellie Blue, Pembroke, N.C.
  Finance Director, Robeson County: supervises the maintenance, control, and analysis of County government fiscal operations; maintains accounting records to document compliance with local, state, and federal laws and ordinances; budget, $165 million. B.S. (Business Administration, concentration in Accounting), UNCP, 1993.
• Trustee J. Breeden Blackwell, Fayetteville, N.C.
  Retired Principal, Cumberland County School System (30 years experience). Chairman, Cumberland County Board of Commissioners (2002, 2008); Mayor Pro Tem of Fayetteville (1992-1997). Recipient: Order of the Long Leaf Pine; N.C. Outstanding County Commissioner of the Year (2002). B.A., UNCP, 1968; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University, 1984.
• Mac Campbell, Jr., Elizabethtown, N.C.
  Owner: Campbell Oil Company; more than eighteen Minuteman convenience stores. Former: UNCP Trustee; Braves Club President; Football Advisory Committee member. Recipient: Governor’s Volunteer Award; the Sam Walton Business Leader Award; National Association of Collegiate Director’s of Athletics Volunteer of the Year Award. B.S. (Business Administration), UNCP, 1968.
• Trustee Robin Cummings, Pinehurst, N.C.
  Retired Cardiothoracic Surgeon. Current Medical Director, Community Care of N.C. Board emeritus, Pinehurst Surgical. Former BOT, Moore Regional Hospital (MRH); former Chair, MRH Foundation. Immediate Past UNCP Foundation Board President. UNCP Chancellor’s Club member. Appointed by House Speaker Hackney to N.C. Rural Center. Chair, N.C. American Indian Health Board. Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center.
• Sherry L. Edwards, Lumberton, N.C.
  Chair and Professor, UNCP’s Department of Social Work. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (2000-present). Grant recipient for numerous community outreach programs. Board member, Robeson County Job Ready Partnership (2000-present). Former Board Chair, Southeastern Family Violence Center. Ph.D. (Social Work), University of South Carolina, 1997.
• Carolyn Floyd-Robinson, Lumberton, N.C.
  CEO, New Life Services, Inc. Adjunct Professor at UNCP. Provisionally Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist. Member: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Lumber River Workforce Development. Board member, Robeson Community on the Affairs of Black People. BSW, UNCP, 2005; MSW, East Carolina University, 2007.
• Grady L. Hunt, Pembroke, N.C.
  Partner, Locklear, Jacobs, Hunt, & Brooks, Attorneys at Law. Counsel: Town of Pembroke (1992-present); Board of Education for the Public Schools of Robeson County (1994-present). Member, United States Air Force (1979-1983). B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) (Political Science), UNCP, 1986; J.D., UNC-Chapel Hill Law School, 1989.
• Mary Ann Jacobs, Pembroke, N.C.
  Chair and Assistant Professor, UNCP’s American Indian Studies Department. Former Assistant Professor in Social Work, San Diego State University. Former Lecturer and Director of the American Indian Studies Program, California State University Long Beach. Historian, Planning Committee for the Third American Indian Women’s Conference (2008-2009). Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2005.
• W. Steve Martin, Bladenboro, N.C.
  UNCP’s Assistant Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs for Facilities Management. Operating budget, $6.5 million; annual capital building program, $2 million. Former UNCP Director, Facilities Planning & Construction. Registered architect, proficient in CAD (Computer Aided Design). BED (Environmental Design in Architecture), North Carolina State University, 1987.
• Olivia Holmes Oxendine, Lumberton, N.C.
  Assistant Professor, UNCP’s Education Department. Former: teacher; assistant principal; principal; chief consultant (NC DPI, Region IV); Senate Committee: FIAC (2009); Chair, Faculty Evaluation Review Committee (2009). Current member: Public School Technology Commission; NC DPI Curriculum Committee for English Language Arts and Social Studies. B.S., UNCP, 1970; Ed.D., UNC Greensboro, 2005.
• Mario A. Paparozzi, Kure Beach, N.C.
  Chair and Professor, UNCP’s Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Internationally recognized public speaker and author. Recipient, Walter Dunbar Award for Distinguished Professionalism: American Probation and Parole Association (2006); Professional Appreciation Award: N.C. Criminal Justice Association (2006). Ph.D. (Sociology), Rutgers University, 1994.
• Dwight Pearson, Garner, N.C.
  Director of Education Services, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. President, UNCP Alumni Board of Directors (1999-2003). Member: N.C. Closing the Achievement Gap Commission (2004-present). B.S. (Sociology and Education), UNCP, 1977; M.A. (Education Administration), UNCP, 1985; Ph.D. (Educational Research and Policy Analysis), North Carolina State University, 2000.
• Trustee Raymond B. Pennington, Lumberton, N.C.
  Mayor of Lumberton, N.C. (1991-present). Retired professor, administrator, and coach, UNC Pembroke (1963-2003). Former Chairman, Robeson County Democratic Party (2001-2005). Member: East Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame for football and baseball; UNC Pembroke’s Hall of Fame for coaching and administration. Ed.D., Duke University, 1970.
• Student Trustee Rigoberto “Arjay” Ma P. Quizon, Jr., Hope Mills, N.C.
  Student Government Association President. Chemistry and Physics major; Esther G. Maynor Honors College. Chancellor’s List (fall 2007); Honor’s List (spring 2008, fall 2008). Teaching experience, Tulon Dunong, Ateneo de Manila High School Outreach Program (June 2006 - March 2007).
• Trustee Lorna M. Ricotta, Fayetteville, N.C.
  Owner, Ethos Creative Group, a special event management and interior design firm. Former Director: UNCP’s Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (2004-2007); UNCP’s Office of Alumni Relations (2002-2004). Miss North Carolina (2000-2001). B.M., UNCP, 2001; MBA, UNCP, 2008.

Staff Support

• Joshua Malcolm, ‘92, University Counsel & Chief of Staff, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
• Ann Lemmon, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, The University of North Carolina
• Janet Taylor, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Updated: Friday, December 11, 2009