Board of Directors

Officers:

Chair
Samuel W. Warburton, MD
Professor
Division of Family Medicine
Department of Community and Family Medicine
Duke University Medical Center

Immediate Past Chair
William Atkinson, II, PhD, MPH, MPA
President and CEO
WakeMed Health and Hospitals

Vice Chair
Thomas J. Bacon, DrPH
Executive Associate Dean, School of Medicine
Director, North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Secretary
Karen L. Smith, MD, FAAFP
Practicing Physician

Treasurer
Polly Johnson, RN, MSN, FAAN
President and CEO
Foundation for Nursing Excellence

President & CEO
Pam C. Silberman, JD, DrPH
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Ex Officio

Vice President
Sharon Schiro, PhD
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Ex Officio

Board Members:

Lanier Cansler, CPA
Secretary
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Timothy S Carey, MD, MPH
Director
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN
Former Dean and Professor
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

L. Allen Dobson, Jr., MD, FAAFP
Vice President Clinical Practice Development
Carolinas HealthCare System
President
North Carolina Community Care Network, Inc.

Victor J. Dzau, MD
Chancellor for Health Affairs
Duke University
President and CEO
Duke University Health System

Jeffrey P. Engel, MD
State Health Director
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Phyllis N. Horns, RN, DSN, FAAN
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Division of Health Sciences
East Carolina University

Darlyne Menscer, MD
Director of Pre-Doctoral Education
Carolinas HealthCare System

Mary Margaret (Peg) O’Connell, JD
Senior Advisor
Government and Legislative Affairs
Fuquay Solutions

Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, MBA
Vice President – Northern Region
Progress Energy

William A. Pully, JD
President
North Carolina Hospital Association

Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH
Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

William L. Roper, MD, MPH
Dean, School of Medicine
Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
CEO, UNC Health Care System
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robert W. Seligson, MBA
Executive Vice President and CEO
North Carolina Medical Society

J. Craig Souza
President
North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association

Michael C. Tarwater, FACHE
CEO
Carolinas HealthCare System

Charles F. Willson, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University

J. Bradley Wilson, JD
President and CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Emeritus Members:

Robert Greczyn, Jr., MPH
CEO Emeritus
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

H. David Bruton, MD
Former Secretary
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Counsel
Bode, Call & Stroupe, LLP