(Posted 5-12-99)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BRYAN SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS NAMED

GREENSBORO -- Business executives from the Piedmont Triad area have been named to the business advisory board of the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Nine new members have been named to the board, which now has 39 members. Dennis Glass, who is president-financial operations, CFO, Jefferson Pilot Financial, will continue to chair the board.
The group serves as an advisory board to Dean James K. Weeks on ways the school can better meet the needs of the Triad's business and professional community. The Bryan School is the largest of UNCG's six professional schools, with approximately 1,800 undergraduates and 400 graduate students.
"We are delighted that these leaders from the business community are joining the Bryan School's advisory board," said Weeks. "To be successful in serving the Piedmont Triad, we must have advice and support from significant business leaders, both from this region and beyond. These new members are joining a board that is already exceptional. We look forward to the contributions they can make to the Bryan School."
New members named to three-year terms by the UNCG Board of Trustees are Gayle Anderson, president, Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce; James A. Black Jr., principal, vice president and broker-in-charge, Weaver Grubar and Black; Patrick Burns, CFO, Precision Fabrics Group Inc.; Jan Capps, vice president of Human Resources, Novartis Crop Protection Inc.; William Cassell, president, Cassell Properties Inc.; Terrence Geremski, CFO, Guilford Mills Inc.; Nancy High, executive director, International Home Furnishings Marketing Association Inc. and vice president of Marketing Services, American Furniture Manufacturers Association; Thomas Payne, president, VF Services; Steven Wagner, Triad Market president and commercial market manager Piedmont region, First Union National Bank.
Members reappointed for additional three-year terms were Deborah Hooper, president and general manager of WFMY-TV; Kenneth Kaczmarek, consultant with Kaczmarek and Associates; Nido Qubein, chairman of Creative Services Inc.; and Lawrence Himes, president, Burlington Menswear.
Formed in 1986, the advisory board has five general purposes: provide advice on the school's service to the business and professional community; serve as a sounding board for research projects, educational programs and external activities; provide a mechanism for informing the business and professional community about the capabilities of the school; assist in developing funding priorities and strategies for the school; provide a clearinghouse for faculty to speak and consult with organizations, and for professional and business community members to enter the classroom.
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