UNC has announced who will lead its next major fundraising campaign, and it includes some prominent local residents.

Current UNC Board of Trustees members and Chapel Hill resident, Julia Sprunt Grumbles will participate in the public launch phase of the campaign. Grumbles is a retired vice president of human resources and public relations at the Turner Broadcasting Company.

Roger Perry, another Chapel Hill resident, will participate in the leadership phase of the campaign. In addition to formerly serving on the Board of Trustees, Perry is the president of East West Partners Management Company, a real estate and development company in Chapel Hill.

“We’re very honored and excited to have such a distinguished group of volunteers lead this campaign,” said Chancellor Carol L. Folt. “They will bring a tremendous amount of wisdom, experience and passion to the job, along with a diversity of perspectives that will enrich every aspect of the campaign.

“Our co-chairs are true-blue Tar Heels who didn’t hesitate to say ‘Yes’ when we asked them to sign on. That attests to their commitment to Carolina, and to the promise of this campaign. Thanks to their leadership and vision, this will be a campaign like no other, for a university like no other,” said Folt.

Others involved in the fundraising campaign are Barbara Rosser Hyde of the J.R. Hyde III Family Foundation; John Townsend, a former member of the Board of Trustees; Lowry Caudill a current Board of Trustees n; John Ellison Jr., chairman of Ellison Co.; and Michael Kennedy, a senior partner at Korn/Ferry International.

In 2015, the first year of the campaign’s quiet phase, the University raised nearly $447 million, setting an all-time record. UNC’s most recent fundraising campaigns, which ended in 2007, raised $2.38 billion. A goal has not been established for the upcoming campaign.

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