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Fellows

The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Fellowship is an opportunity for advanced doctoral students, post docs and early career faculty researching the topics of entrepreneurship, economic development, or global competitiveness.

Research Fellows

The Kenan Institute draws on the expertise and insights of its Senior Faculty Fellows. Fellows represent an intellectually diverse group of business and policy scholars that advise the Institute’s core initiatives and affiliated centers.


LaChaun Banks

Research Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Chris Bingham

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Phillip Hettleman Distinguished Scholar and Area Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Jennifer Blouin

Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

    Greg Brown

    Founder and Research Director, Institute for Private Capital; Van and Kay Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; Faculty Director, Luther Hodges Scholars

    Anusha Chari

    Professor of Economics, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

      Maryann P. Feldman

      Watts Endowed Professor of Public Affairs, Arizona State University School of Public Affairs

        Eric Ghysels

        Edward Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, Faculty Director of Rethinc. Labs

          Robert S. Harris

          C. Stewart Sheppard Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia

          David J. Hartzell

          Steven D. Bell and Leonard W. Wood Distinguished Professor in Real Estate; Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          David A. Hofmann

          Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          Jim Johnson

          William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center 

          Christian Lundblad

          Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research & Richard "Dick" Levin Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          Albert H. Segars

          PNC Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          Michael Smith

          Dean, School of Government; Professor of Public Law and Government; Executive Director, School of Government Foundation Board of Directors, UNC-Chapel Hill

          Jayashankar M. Swaminathan

          GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

          Valarie Zeithaml

          David S. Van Pelt Family Distinguished Professor of Marketing, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          Distinguished Fellows

          The Kenan Institute’s Distinguished Fellows comprise an exemplary set of global scholars committed to leveraging their individual expertise, thought leadership, research and networks to further the institute’s efforts to examine – and drive solutions to – the most complex and timely issues facing business and the economy today. Appointed on an annual basis, the 2024 Distinguished Fellows work to support the Kenan Institute’s grand challenge initiative.


          David Autor

          Ford Professor of Economics, MIT, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

            Josh Lerner

            Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

              Christine Moorman

              T. Austin Finch, Sr. Professor of Business Administration, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

                Kathleen M. Sutcliffe

                Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

                  Jayashankar M. Swaminathan

                  GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

                  Fellows

                  Connections between leaders of in the private sector, policy makers, and the academy are central to the mission of the Institute. Kenan Institute Fellows play an instrumental role in advancing our mission by advising initiatives and affiliated centers on current developments in business and policy as well as facilitating outreach to key constituents.


                  Betsy L. Battle

                  Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner, Lone Peak Partners

                    Seth Bennett

                    Senior Vice President of Marketing, Entertainment & Interactive Media, Hornets Sports & Entertainment

                      Susan E. Cates

                      Managing Partner, Leeds Illuminate

                        Mary Moore Hamrick

                        Don Evans Family Managing Director of Domestic Policy, The George W. Bush Institute; CEO, Political Quotient Advisors LLC

                          Patrick G. Hartley

                          Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise

                          Donald Holzworth

                          Executive in Residence, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

                            Howard Lee

                            Founder, Howard N. Lee Institute

                              Dwayne Keith Pigues

                              Founder & CEO, Luminas Strategy

                                Joan Siefert Rose

                                Senior Partner, CREO, Inc. & CEO, LaunchBio Inc.

                                  Christy Shaffer

                                  Venture Partner & Managing Director, Hatteras Discovery

                                    Thomas Stith

                                    CEO, The Michael Thomas Group Inc.; former president, North Carolina Community College System

                                      David Autor
                                      Ford Professor of Economics, MIT, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
                                      LaChaun Banks
                                      Research Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                                      Betsy L. Battle
                                      Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner, Lone Peak Partners
                                      Seth Bennett
                                      Senior Vice President of Marketing, Entertainment & Interactive Media, Hornets Sports & Entertainment
                                      Chris Bingham
                                      Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Phillip Hettleman Distinguished Scholar and Area Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                                      Jennifer Blouin
                                      Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
                                      Greg Brown
                                      Founder and Research Director, Institute for Private Capital; Van and Kay Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; Faculty Director, Luther Hodges Scholars
                                      Susan E. Cates
                                      Managing Partner, Leeds Illuminate
                                      Anusha Chari
                                      Professor of Economics, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                                      Maryann P. Feldman
                                      Watts Endowed Professor of Public Affairs, Arizona State University School of Public Affairs
                                      Eric Ghysels
                                      Edward Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, Faculty Director of Rethinc. Labs
                                      Mary Moore Hamrick
                                      Don Evans Family Managing Director of Domestic Policy, The George W. Bush Institute; CEO, Political Quotient Advisors LLC

                                      Robert S. Harris
                                      C. Stewart Sheppard Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia
                                      Patrick G. Hartley
                                      Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
                                      David J. Hartzell
                                      Steven D. Bell and Leonard W. Wood Distinguished Professor in Real Estate; Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                                      David A. Hofmann
                                      Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                                      Donald Holzworth
                                      Executive in Residence, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
                                      Jim Johnson
                                      William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center 
                                      Howard Lee
                                      Founder, Howard N. Lee Institute
                                      Josh Lerner
                                      Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
                                      Christian Lundblad
                                      Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research & Richard "Dick" Levin Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                                      Christine Moorman
                                      T. Austin Finch, Sr. Professor of Business Administration, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
                                      Dwayne Keith Pigues
                                      Founder & CEO, Luminas Strategy
                                      Joan Siefert Rose
                                      Senior Partner, CREO, Inc. & CEO, LaunchBio Inc.
                                      Albert H. Segars
                                      PNC Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                                      Christy Shaffer
                                      Venture Partner & Managing Director, Hatteras Discovery
                                      Michael Smith
                                      Dean, School of Government; Professor of Public Law and Government; Executive Director, School of Government Foundation Board of Directors, UNC-Chapel Hill
                                      Thomas Stith

                                      CEO, The Michael Thomas Group Inc.; former president, North Carolina Community College System

                                      Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
                                      Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
                                      Jayashankar M. Swaminathan
                                      GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
                                      Valarie Zeithaml
                                      David S. Van Pelt Family Distinguished Professor of Marketing, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School