A board of advisors for the UNC Nutrition Research Institute at the N.C. Research Campus includes a wide variety of executives, from a former governor to an assistant basketball coach.
The advisors:
- Dr. James Martin, former N.C. governor
- Dr. Roger Billingsley, vice president for research and food safety, Dole Vegetables
- Fred Brown, board member, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health Foundation
- Byron L. Bullard, former CEO, Presbyterian Hospital
- Dr. Linda Combs, former controller, Office of Management and Budget
- Phil Ford, assistant coach, Charlotte Bobcats
- Arthur Gallagher, president, Charlotte campus of Johnson & Wales University
- Dr. Hector Henry, Concord City Council
- Laurence Hinsdale, executive vice president, Carolinas Health System
- Betsy LaForge, director of member health partnerships, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
- James K. Polk, community activist
- Ellen Ruff, president, Duke Energy Carolinas
- Tom Smith, former CEO, Food Lion
- Dr. James Woodward, chancellor emeritus, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
