The UNC Asheville Foundation Board recently announce that six new members with the beginning of its new fiscal year, including UNC Asheville’s Alumni Association Board Past Chair and member Kenya Smith Edwards ’00; Van Winkle Law Firm retired partner and attorney Cynthia “Cindy” Eller, J.D.; investor and retired anesthesiologist Dr. Frank Moretz, M.D.; Upstaff Personnel CEO and Realtor with Mosaic Realty Anthony Thomas; President of the UNCA Student Government Association Lauren Braswell ’23; and DLA Piper’s former managing partner and retired environmental Lawyer Mike Tracy, J.D.

Board members Maryann Jones, retired dean and president of Western State University College of Law and educational consultant for Charleston School of Law, and Holly Spencer Bunting ‘00, Mayer Brown LLP partner in Washington, D.C., and a member of Consumer Financial Services, have been appointed as the new chair and new vice-chair of the Foundation Board of Directors, respectively.

Since the foundation’s founding in 1965, the mission of the UNCS Foundation has been to advocate for and oversee gifts to the University of North Carolina Asheville. To achieve this mission, the UNCA Foundation Board comprises dedicated volunteers who provide advice and oversight to help set the strategic direction for the foundation.