For Community College Educators
November 1, 2024 @ The Friday Conference Center, Chapel Hill
10 PDCH offered.
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $95
Supported Provided By:
IBM (Signature Sponsor)
Carolina Across 100 (Advocate Level Sponsor)
Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs
Office of the Provost
Community college students are transitioning into a global workforce where they will need to adapt to evolving local and global challenges and opportunities. The 2024 UNC World View Community College Symposium will bring community college educators together to explore global themes that are relevant to various disciplines, including business, health, and education.
Educators will engage in plenary talks, panel discussions, and interactive themed sessions to gain global knowledge and resources on how to incorporate global teaching and learning.
This program is designed for community college educators of all disciplines. We encourage you to bring a team to this day of learning and networking!
UPDATE: UNC World View’s Community College is now full and we are accepting registrations for the waitlist. If you would like to join the waitlist, or have any other questions, please contact Worldview@unc.edu
Schedule
| 8:00a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00a.m. | Welcome and Overview Charlé LaMonica, Director, World View, UNC-Chapel Hill Jeff Cox, President, North Carolina Community College System |
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| 9:10a.m. | Plenary I: America's Place in the World Ambassador Barbara J. Stephenson, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, UNC-Chapel Hill |
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| 10:00a.m. | Break | |
| 10:10a.m. | Plenary II: Preparing Community College Students for Global Business Julia Kruse, Director, STAR (Student Teams Achieving Results) Program, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill |
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| 11:05a.m. | Plenary III: Globalizing the Health Sciences Ashley Leak Bryant, Senior Associate Dean, Global Initiatives and Strategy; Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Term Professor & Co-Director of PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center, School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill Lori Byrd, Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships & Practice, School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill Nedra Dixon, Executive Assistant, Strategic Partnerships & Practice, School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill |
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| 12:15p.m. | Lunch Provided | |
| 1:30p.m. | Concurrent Sessions I | |
| 2:20p.m. | Break and Transition to Concurrent Sessions II | |
| 2:30p.m. | Concurrent Sessions II | |
| 3:20p.m. | Break and Transition to Main Room | |
| 3:30p.m. | Plenary IV: The Impacts of AI in Europe vs the USA Tori Ekstrand, Professor, Hussman School of Media and Journalism, UNC-Chapel Hill |
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| 4:15p.m. | Closing Remarks Charlé LaMonica, Director, World View, UNC-Chapel Hill |
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| 4:30p.m. | Program Adjourned |
Welcome Speakers
Charlé LaMonica, Director, World View UNC-Chapel Hill Charlé LaMonica is the director of UNC World View at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Committed to developing an inclusive program that serves the state and beyond, Charlé collaborates with more than 85 partners both on and off campus; forges strategic alliances and collaborations with schools, districts and community colleges; leads the World View Global Education Leaders Program; and represents UNC World View in North Carolina and on the national and global stage. Since 2013, LaMonica has significantly expanded UNC World View’s support of educators, influencing 100,000 students in North Carolina in 2019-2020 alone, and increasing partnerships in both rural and urban settings. LaMonica and the World View team have led more than 21 global study visits, taking K-12 and community college educators around the world to learn about educational systems, history, business, and culture. LaMonica’s international career began as a research associate with the NC China Council of the Asia Society. She later led medical and legal delegations throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. She continued her international work in the classrooms of Charlotte where she taught world history both in K-12 schools and higher education institutions. LaMonica attended Middlebury College’s Intensive Chinese Summer School and holds a master’s degree in history from UNC Charlotte and a bachelor’s degree in English from Boston College.
Jeff Cox, President, North Carolina Community College System
Dr. Jeff Cox became the 11th President of the North Carolina Community College System on June 1, 2023. Cox previously served as president of Wilkes Community College from 2014 to 2023. A native of Alleghany County, Cox also is a former superintendent of Alleghany County Schools from 2005 to 2014. He brings three decades of education experience to the System and has served from 2022-23 as head of the North Carolina Community College Presidents’ Association.
At Wilkes, Cox was heralded for more than doubling the completion rate at the College from 25 to 55 percent over five years and developing a strategic plan seen as a national model for other institutions. During his tenure as president, the College also raised a record $20 million in funds for strategic initiatives and launched a fully endowed Wilkes Community College Education Promise to guarantee the opportunity for a tuition-free college education for every graduating senior in the service area.
“Dr. Jeff Cox has proven to be among the best education leaders in the country during his time at Wilkes Community College and as a North Carolina K-12 superintendent, and we’re excited to announce Dr. Cox as the new president of the North Carolina Community College System,” said Burr Sullivan, Chair of the State Board of Community Colleges. “We know our community colleges need strong statewide leadership and dynamic future-forward approaches to business and workforce development and Dr. Cox is that leader.”
Cox is a former finalist for the annual President of the Year award bestowed by the State Board of Community Colleges to the top state college leader who exemplifies outstanding leadership and commitment to the community college mission among the presidents of the 58 institutions of the North Carolina Community College System.
In 2018, he was one of only 40 presidents in the U.S. selected to be a part of the Aspen Institute Presidential Fellowship. As an alumni of that program, he has mentored other aspiring presidents and community college thought-leaders as a part of the Aspen Community College Excellence Program. Cox also serves on the North Carolina State Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research Advisory Board.
Prior to leading Alleghany County Schools, Cox served as assistant superintendent for Lee County Schools and as principal of Benton Heights Year-Round School in Union County. Cox holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He also is a graduate of Appalachian State University with both a Master of School Administration and a Bachelor of Science in English–Secondary Education.
The North Carolina Community College System is the third largest system in the U.S. and serves nearly 600,000 community college students each year with 58 colleges providing education to all 100 counties.
Plenary Speakers
Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN, Senior Associate Dean, Global Affairs and Strategy, Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor, Director of Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Collaborating Center in Quality and Safety Education in Nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Assistant Director of Cancer Research Training Education Coordination, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
Dr. Ashley Leak Bryant is a first-generation college graduate. She is a nurse scientist whose work centers on the intersection of gero-oncology, palliative care, global cancer care and careforce/workforce. Her program of research focuses on developing and delivering
team-based interventions to improve symptoms, functional status, and quality of life for both older adults with blood cancers and their care partners.
Dr. Bryant has maintained an active clinical practice since 2003 working in cancer centers, continuing care
retirement communities, home health, and inpatient hospice. She holds both oncology (2005-present) and
gerontological nurse (2009-present) certifications. Her clinical roles have given her unique insight into the
various settings in which older adults with cancer receive care and have empowered her to pursue
experience-based, research-supported development of nursing and clinician careforce/workforce both
within the United States and abroad.
Dr. Bryant is passionate about mentoring and coaching. She mentors early-career faculty, pre and postdoctoral scholars, PhD students, DNP students, masters students, and undergraduate honors students across multiple disciplines and institutions. At UNC, Dr. Bryant has grown the oncology fellowships and codeveloped an oncology elective course for undergraduates. Internationally, Dr. Bryant has been a pivotal member of UNC-Project Malawi, which works to build capacity for strong leadership and research-based practices in nursing, particularly oncology nursing.
Dr. Bryant serves in many leadership roles, working across disciplines to help advance gero-oncology, palliative care, global cancer care and careforce/workforce. Dr. Bryant is the Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Global Affairs and Co-Director of PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center in Quality and Safety in the UNC School of Nursing. She is also the Assistant Director for the Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination for the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.
She has a BSN (2003) and MSN in Nursing Administration (2005) from UNC-Greensboro, PhD in Nursing from UNC-Chapel Hill and Interdisciplinary Certificate in Aging (2011), and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health (2011-2013). She completed the UNC System Executive Leadership Institute program in 2024.
Lori Byrd, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships & Practice, School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill
Dr. Lori Byrd is a first-generation college student and proud Johnston Community College graduate. With over 30 years of experience in nursing education, research and service in North Carolina, Lori Byrd has established herself as a distinguished leader in the field of nursing. In her role of Associate Dean of Strategic Partnerships and Practice with the Carolina School of Nursing, she cultivates and sustains strategic external partnerships to promote health equity and support the overall mission and impact of Carolina Nursing.
For the past five years, Byrd has served as the associate director of academic programs and coordinator of health sciences for the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), where she expertly coordinated nursing and allied health programs for 58 community colleges.
Before joining NCCCS, Byrd was pivotal in founding the Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing at Campbell University. As the director of simulation and director of fundamentals of nursing and medical surgical nursing, she created the nursing curriculum and was instrumental in securing initial accreditation for the school. Under her guidance, the first graduating class achieved a remarkable 100% pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination. While at Campbell, Byrd also created a cultural awareness program that facilitated meaningful connections between students and the broader campus community, equipping them with effective communication skills for interacting with individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Byrd began her research career in migrant health, where she investigated the incidence of tuberculosis in migrant farm work populations in Johnston County, NC. Since then, she has established herself as an expert in clinical nursing leadership, rural health, and workforce development.
She is deeply involved in nursing workforce development projects across the state and currently serves on the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors. She has served on multiple NCIOM taskforces including the Nursing Workforce Taskforce and Steering Committee. She also recently served on the Caregiving Workforce Strategic Leadership Council as well as the Expert Advisory Committee for the NC Nursecast project led by the North Carolina Board of Nursing and Cecil G. Sheps Center. Byrd actively contributes to health policy development and served on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging and the Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control for five years.
Nedra Dixon, MEd, BS, BA, Executive Assistant to Strategic Partnerships and Practice, School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill and Adjunct Instructor of Early Child Development, Piedmont Community College
serves as the Executive Assistant to Strategic Partnerships and Practice in the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before this role, she spent six years at the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), where she was a leader in Academic Programs and College and Career Readiness. During her tenure at NCCCS, Ms. Dixon served as the curriculum liaison between the 58 Community Colleges and the System Office, overseeing curriculum review and approval.
In addition to her administrative role, Ms. Dixon is an Early Childhood Development Adjunct Instructor at Piedmont Community College. She was selected to be part of the NC Community College Leadership Academy, where she enhanced her leadership skills, furthering her journey to becoming a prominent leader in North Carolina’s higher education system.
Ms. Dixon is currently pursuing an Education Specialist degree in Higher Education from Liberty University. She holds a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Liberty University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, both from North Carolina Wesleyan University.
Outside of her professional life, Ms. Dixon has a passion for singing inspiring music of hope, both in church and abroad. She released her first single and even performed at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City. Ms. Dixon enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching basketball, crafting, and writing.
Victoria “Tori” Smith Ekstrand, Professor, Hussman School of Journalism and Media, UNC-Chapel Hill; Co-Lead Editor, The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication
Victoria “Tori” Smith Ekstrand has been a media law and free expression scholar for more than two decades. Before that, she worked as a senior executive for The Associated Press at its headquarters in New York City. She recently completed a three-year term at the UNC Graduate School as the Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education, where she led UNC’s premier doctoral fellows program and its annual Royster Global Conference with UNC’s strategic global partners.
Ekstrand began her research career exploring conflicts between copyright law and the First Amendment. Her interest in that subject was spurred by the copyright wars of the late 1990s and early 2000s and in her role as director of corporate communications for The Associated Press at a time when news organizations were grappling with the emerging online infringement and misappropriation of their intellectual property. She is an expert on the hot news doctrine, a part of unfair competition law that protects the facts of news for a short period. Her revised book on the subject, “Hot News in the Age of Big Data: A Legal History of the Hot News Doctrine and Implications for the Digital Age” (2016), looks at the history of the doctrine and its impact on protections for discrete bits of information in the age of Big Data and the European Union’s move to protect data privacy and regulate artificial intelligence.
More recently, her research has focused on critical and interdisciplinary perspectives in media law and free expression, with research on anonymous speech, campus free expression debates, the trademarking of social movement hashtags, online accessibility issues for people with disabilities and problems with regulating online political advertising. At the heart of these inquiries is her interest in who has – and who doesn’t have — access to the First Amendment’s marketplace of ideas, a central tenet of all U.S. free expression case law.
She has published articles in top communications journals and law reviews, including Journalism and Mass Communications Quarterly, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal and Communication Law & Policy. Along with Caitlin Carlson and Erin Coyle, she is the new lead editor for The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication, one of the top media law texts for schools of media and journalism in the U.S., and the first media law textbook with all-female scholars. The eighth edition was published in 2023. She received her MA from New York University and BA from Syracuse University.
Julia Kruse, Director, STAR Student Consulting Program, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Dr. Julia Kruse is an innovator in global education and business consulting and an executive coach for leadership, teamwork, and cross-cultural communication. She has over 25 years of professional experience. Dr. Kruse currently serves as director of the STAR student consulting program at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Previously, she was the executive director of the UNC Global Business Center where she led the dean’s Global Education Initiative to develop students’ inclusive cross-cultural leadership and teamwork competencies. Dr. Kruse is certified in RelationalLeadership, GlobeSmart, Cultural Intelligence, and Liberating Structures. She holds a PhD and an MA in communication from Florida State University and a BA in cognitive studies and languages from the University of Kassel, Germany. Dr. Kruse is a native of Germany and has worked and studied in many countries worldwide.
Ambassador Barbara J. Stephenson, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, UNC-Chapel Hill
Ambassador Barbara J. Stephenson is vice provost for global affairs and chief global officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a distinguished diplomat, former U.S. ambassador, international leader and prior dean of the Leadership and Management School at the Foreign Service Institute. She advances a pan-university global strategy to enhance UNC-Chapel Hill’s global reach, impact and reputation.
Stephenson, a fierce advocate for the role of higher education in addressing complex global challenges, has extensive experience forging constructive collaboration across societies and geographies. Previously, Stephenson was president of the American Foreign Service Association from 2015-2019 and was a U.S. Foreign Service officer for over 30 years. She was a principal advocate for diplomacy, working closely with Congress, the media and globally engaged strategic partners.
At the Foreign Service Institute, Stephenson launched the Culture of Leadership Roundtable to improve leadership across the State Department and in U.S. embassies around the world. In 2008, she was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Panama and later became the first woman to serve as deputy ambassador and acting ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in London.
As deputy senior advisor to the secretary and deputy coordinator for Iraq (2006-2008), she was recognized with the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award for developing and implementing the civilian surge, the largest deployment of civilians to a war zone since the Vietnam War. She coordinated across federal agencies and the U.S. Congress to unite stakeholders behind a mission to reverse the spiral into sectarian violence by strengthening governance in Iraq.
Stephenson, who earned her doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s in English literature from the University of Florida, speaks Spanish and Dutch and reads French and Hebrew.
Concurrent Session Speakers
Hazael Andrew, Associate Director, UNC World View, UNC-Chapel Hill
Hazael Andrew is the Associate Director of UNC World View. As part of his role, Hazael plans and administers professional development programs for K-12 and community college educators. He collaborates with 36 community colleges in North Carolina and Florida on the Scholar of Global Distinction program, a program where community colleges and their faculty commit to develop and offer globally intensive courses and activities through which students can earn a global distinction credential from UNC World View. Prior to joining UNC World View, Hazael directed the student affairs experience of 4,200 first-year residential students at UNC-Chapel Hill. Beyond domestic educational engagement, Hazael has extended his strategic global engagement, where he worked in China, piloting a large-scale summer academic enrichment program for Chinese, Indian and American students at Duke Kunshan University. Similarly, Hazael created an inaugural program for UNC Chapel Hill that cultivated a new collaborative relationship with the University of the West Indies, exposing students in the United States to the British education system, and fostering increased cultural awareness through travel and engagement in Trinidad and Tobago. Hazael’ s educational background includes a Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a concentration in Cultural Foundations from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, an MBA in Finance from Mississippi State University, and a dual bachelor’s degree in Managerial Economics and Finance from Fayetteville State University.
Denise Barton, Senior Professor, Business Administration, Wake Tech Community College
Dr. Denise H. Barton, PHD, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is a Senior Professor of Business Administration at Wake Tech Community College, an adjunct at Campbell University, and President/CEO of Fuzion Effect, LLC.
She previously worked at United Parcel Service as a Customer Service Supervisor and Truck Driver. She also worked at the News & Observer as a Resource Development Manager and served on their organizational development leadership team managing change initiatives. Her current tenure at Wake Tech Community College spans 24 years and includes Business Administration Department Head, Director of HR/EEO Officer, Director of Leadership Development, and Coordinator of the College’s first Online Faculty Mentoring Program. In addition to teaching, she facilitates the aPHR & PHR/SPHR exam prep certifications for the college.
She has a PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources (HR). She has multiple international HR certifications like the SPHR and SHRM-SCP and is a certified Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) Practitioner and Coach. She has multiple training and development certifications and most recently earned the BlueEQ Emotional Intelligence Certified Training Certification.
Her published research includes scholarly articles concerning mentoring, mentoring culture, communities of practice, online learning student success, social learning theory, inclusive climate, etc. One article was published as a chapter in a book: Research Anthology on Facilitating New Educational Practices Through Communities of Learning. She has presented at multiple educational and HR conferences and enjoys spending time with her dogs, Juice and Lacie, and her son Matthew.
Rebecca Berry, Department Head, Humanities and Director of Global Education, Wake Tech Community College
Rebecca Berry is the Department Head for Humanities and the Director of Global Education at Wake Tech Community College. She began as an adjunct instructor in 2007 and ultimately earned the rank of Senior Professor. She has helped to lead a number of initiatives and programs, including EPIC, Wake Tech Online, the Rough Cuts Documentary Film Festival, and the Student Experience Program. Her most recent endeavor was creating a cross-divisional Global Education program which leverages the college’s internal capacity to more effectively foster global learning.
Rebecca’s educational background includes an Ed.D. in Adult Education and Community College Leadership from North Carolina State University, an M.A. in Global History from Arkansas State University and a B.A. in Psychology from Harding University.
Jonathan Brewster, Business Recruitment Manager, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina
Jonathan Brewster became a part of the Business Recruitment team at the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) in April of 2023. The primary goal of the “BR” team is to offer guidance and assistance to companies interested in establishing operations in North Carolina. Jonathan, working alongside his colleagues, oversees the initial real estate search proposal, facilitates site visits, collaborates with the Department of Commerce, navigates companies through the state-level discretionary incentives process, and provides comprehensive support throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Before taking on the role at EDPNC, Jonathan served as the head of the North Carolina Japan Center at NC State University for five years. Prior to that, he accumulated a decade’s worth of experience in Japan, having been involved with both the JET Program and Fujitsu, Ltd. within the high-performance computing sector. His academic qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Jonathan lives in Apex, North Carolina with his wife, Atsuko, and their two daughters.
Katherine Clyde, Dean, Business Division, Pitt Community College
Katherine Clyde has been the Dean of the Business Division at Pitt Community College since 2014. Katherine is an advocate for global education; she helped start the Scholars of Global Distinction Program at PCC and has led several study abroad experiences focused on international business and entrepreneurship. Katherine teaches several business, marketing, and entrepreneurship classes including International Business, Organizational Behavior, People Skills, Introduction to Marketing, Introduction to Entrepreneurship, and Business Ethics.
Teresa Hall, Director, Center for Global Engagement, Central Piedmont Community College
Teresa Hall is the Director of the Center for Global Engagement at Central Piedmont Community College. Prior to this role, Teresa was full-time history faculty for 18 years at Central Piedmont and served as the Scholars of Global Distinction Coordinator and Model United Nations Faculty Advisor. Teresa’s focus in each role has been to expand engaging global learning opportunities for students and colleagues. Teresa received a B.A. in History from Queens College (now Queens University of Charlotte) and an M.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Teresa enjoys spending time with family, participating in various outdoor activities, and traveling.
Stephanie Hutchison, Diplomat in Residence for the Mid-Atlantic Region (North Carolina and Virginia), Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs, UNC-Chapel Hill
Stephanie Hutchison is the Diplomat in Residence for the Mid-Atlantic Region, covering North Carolina and Virginia. Prior to assuming this role, she served as the Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana, advancing bilateral trade and investment ties and working to improve the business climate for U.S. companies. Stephanie has also worked in the Economic Sections of the U.S. Embassies in Lisbon, Portugal and Rabat, Morocco. Her focus in these countries was largely on energy, climate, and ICT issues. During a two-year tour at the State Department in Washington, D.C, she covered U.S.-Turkish economic relations in the Office of Southern European Affairs. Outside the economic sphere, Stephanie has served as a Consular Officer in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and as a Political Officer in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Prior to joining the Foreign Service in 2006, Stephanie worked for an IT market research firm and an environmental consulting company. She holds a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Bachelor of Arts from Colby College. She speaks French, some Portuguese, and a few words of Swahili.
Robert James, Director of Library Services, Nash Community College
Robert James is the Director of Library Services at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He holds two master’s degrees; Library Science from North Carolina Central University and Public History from North Carolina State University. Service to librarianship includes leadership roles in the North Carolina Community College Library Association, North Carolina Library Association, Association of North Carolina Health and Science Libraries, and the North Carolina Preservation Consortium. The primary focus of his advocacy is the freedom to read and the preservation of library collections that promote empathy, compassion, and peace.
Rick Minor, Senior VP, International Tax Counsel, United States Council for International Business
Rick Minor is a US lawyer with a wealth of international business experience in both the private sector and government in the US and the EU. He is a frequent speaker at international tax conferences in the US and in Europe and is frequently quoted in the tax press in his current role. Rick testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in Congress on international tax policy earlier this year (March). He represents the interest of businesses before the US Treasury, Congress, the OECD, the UN and the tax authorities o major US trading partners and leads the USCIB tax committee of over 530 members.
Prior to his current role, Rick practiced international tax planning with law firms in Washington, DC, Munich, and London. He then served as the top European-based EMEA tax executive in two US public companies (Honeywell in Brussels and AOL Time Warner in Luxembourg) and one European public company (Arcelor Mittal in Luxembourg). Between corporate positions he was a fiscal policy advisor to the Luxembourg government of Jean-Claude Juncker, later President of the European Commission. He has published numerous articles on mostly European-related tax policy and practice and was the principal author of a book on the European taxation of digital services.
Rick was hired as the first head of international business recruitment at the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina shortly after it was set up by Governor Pat McCrory in 2015. He moved to a similar position in the Commerce Department under Governor Roy Cooper where he was also involved in the recruiting of US and foreign tech companies to RTP and promoted strategies for growth in Eastern North Carolina.
He founded (and chairs) both the DC Tax Attache Group in 2022 and the International Tax Alliance for Business group, also in 2022. Rick is a member of the Tax Bureau, the tax committee governing body for Business and Industry Advisory Council to the OECD (since 2021), the North Carolina Go Global Board of Advisors (since 2018), the Berlin-based Atlantik-Bruecke transatlantic leadership group (since 2017), and the OECD consumption tax Technical Advisory Group (since 2015).
Rick earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at Duke University, his law degree at UNC-Chapel Hill and his LL.M. in tax law at Georgetown University. He completed a graduate scholarship in the Economics Department of the University of Hamburg. He was awarded a high-level civil medal by the Luxembourg Government in 2007 “Officer of the State with oak cluster” for his advisory contributions to growing the Luxembourg digital economy. Rick is fluent in German and grew up in Nash County, the son of a teacher and a local businessman.
Emily Moore, Department Head, Communication and Theatre, Wake Tech Community College
Emily Moore is the Department Head for Communication and Theatre at Wake Technical Community College. She began her career with the Wake County Public School System, where she served as a Kindergarten teacher, coordinating literacy teacher, and Title IX Parent Involvement Coordinator. Emily became a full-time faculty member at Wake Tech in 2009 and earned the rank of Associate Professor before moving into the department head role in 2017. She currently serves on the board of the North Carolina Community College Association of Distance Learning (NC3ADL), coordinates Wake Tech’s Liberal Arts Faculty Interdisciplinary Teams initiative, and directs the Eagle Innovation Challenge program for the college. Emily was recently awarded Anthology’s Exemplary Course recognition for her online Interpersonal Communication course, which she globalized as part of the UNC World View program. Emily has a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.Ed. from North Carolina State University.
Jonathan Q. Morgan, Professor of Public Administration and Government, School of Goverment, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jonathan Q. Morgan is a professor of public administration and government at the UNC School of Government. He teaches, advises public officials, and conducts applied research on economic development. Morgan’s research has focused on industry cluster-based development, the role of local government in economic development, business incentives, development impact analysis, and innovative, homegrown approaches to job creation. Morgan directs the School’s Basic Economic Development Course, which is accredited by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).
He joined the UNC School of Government in 2003. Morgan’s articles have been published in leading journals such as Economic Development Quarterly, Policy Studies Journal, and Community Development.
Previously, he worked for Regional Technology Strategies, Inc., an economic and workforce development consulting firm. He has also served as director of economic policy and research for the North Carolina Department of Commerce, and research and policy director for the NC Institute of Minority Economic Development.
Morgan holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, an MPA from Clark Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. in public administration from North Carolina State University.