The College is governed by the Board of Trustees which shall have a membership not to exceed thirty-six (36) persons of which one shall be the President of the National Alumnae Association of the College, one shall be the President of the Student Government Association of the College, one shall be the Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church or designee; one shall be a member of the full-time faculty of the College; one shall be the President of the College, one shall be the Executive Director of the Women’s Division of the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. The Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church or designee, President of the National Alumnae Association and the Executive Director of the Women’s Division of the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church shall serve as Ex-Officio members with vote. The member of the full time faculty of the college and the President of the Student Government Association shall serve as Ex-officio members without vote.
As the governing body of the College, the Board of Trustees is charged with policy making for the College.
Trustees serve without compensation and meet at least quarterly. The officers of the College shall be the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and the President. The President has the responsibility for the day-to-day management of the College.
Board Leadership
Kwanza Jones, Chair
Artist, Investor, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Dr. Mark Milliron, Vice Chair
Senior VP and Executive Dean of the Teachers College, Western Governors University
Natalie Renee Parker ’01, Secretary
Director of Talent Development, Wyndham Capital Mortgage
Suzanne E. Walsh, J.D.
President, Bennett College
Members of the Board of Trustees
Dr. Santiba Campbell
Faculty Senate President, Bennett College
Faculty Senate
Charles E. Coote, Jr.
President, Perry J. Brown Funeral Home
Rev. Dr. Donnell FitzJefferies
Representative of the United Methodist Church and Pastor of St. Matthews United Methodist Church
Michael Godette
Director of SAP Consulting and Solutions, VirtusaPolaris Consultants
Dr. Charlene Green
Anesthesiologist, Anesthesiology Consultants of NC
Cassandra Jones-Havard ‘78
Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law
Dr. Prenard R. Mickens
Owner of Prenard Mickens Endodontics
Dr. Mark Milliron
Senior Vice President & Executive Dean of the Teachers College, Western Governors University
Dr. Carlinda Purcell ‘72
President, National Alumnae Association
Kimberly Jessup Ripberger, CPA
Partner at Bernard Robinson & Company, L.L.P
The Honorable Gladys Ashe Robinson, Ph.D.
Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate
LaNella Smith
Representative of the United Methodist Women
Madieu Williams
Attorney