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Lana Bridges Phillips ’95

March 23, 2021

Lana Phillips graduated from UNC in 1995 with a degree in Psychology and received her Juris Doctor degree in 2001 from American University Washington College of Law. Lana began her legal career as a tax attorney in New York City, … Read more

Louis Newsome ’77

December 2, 2020

Louis A. Newsome is a native of Ahoskie, North Carolina; he graduated from the UNC School of Pharmacy in 1977. He is a licensed pharmacist and is employed as a Regional Pharmacy Executive for OptumRx/UnitedHealthcare. While attending UNC, he was a … Read more

Ajit Dayal ’83 MBA

December 2, 2020

Ajit has over 30 years of pioneering experience in the investment management and financial services industry in India. In 1990 Ajit founded Quantum Advisors India and, in 1996, introduced a proprietary “Integrity Screen” to screen out companies with poor governance. That has morphed into a proprietary ESG … Read more

Charles Leigh Wickham III ‘82

August 25, 2020

Charles Wickham is a former Managing Director of Bank of America from which he retired in 2017. During his 20 years in London with Bank of America and prior to that with Merrill Lynch, Charles was in a leadership role … Read more

John Ng

March 31, 2020

John Ng is the CFO of LKK Health Products Group, one of two business lines of Lee Kum Kee. Lee Kum Kee, founded in 1888, is the longest operating food brand in the Chinese world and its products can be found … Read more

George Platt ’66

March 6, 2020

George joined the Peace Corps immediately following his graduation from UNC. He and his wife, Anne, did community development work in Colón, Panama. George attended law school in Boston and worked in legal services including civil rights work at the … Read more

Anne Platt ’66

March 6, 2020

Anne began her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer working in a barrio in Colón, Panama. She continued her overseas work in Santiago, Chile where she served as a radio correspondent (Stringer) for ABC News before and after the 1973 … Read more

Scott Werry ’03

February 10, 2020

Scott Werry was a founding partner of Altas Investments. Prior to joining Altas, Werry worked at Providence Equity Partners in New York. At Providence, Werry was focused on opportunities in the business services and communications sectors. Werry was actively involved … Read more

M. Christine Vick ’71

February 10, 2020

Christine Vick serves as managing director for North Oak LLC. Her client experience includes a variety of industries, ranging from agriculture to biotechnology to consumer products. She specializes in developing and implementing domestic and foreign government affairs strategies, assessing international political … Read more

Dhiren Thakker

February 10, 2020

Dhiren Thakker is the Howard Q. Ferguson Distinguished Professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and associate dean for entrepreneurial development and global engagement. He is also a researcher focusing on drug absorption and metabolism and a start-up entrepreneur. … Read more