| UNC Board of Governors | |
| Type: | Governing board |
| Formed: | 1971 |
| Preceding1: | NC Board of Trustees |
| Preceding2: | NC Board of Higher Education |
| Jurisdiction: | University of North Carolina |
| Headquarters: | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Chief1 Name: | Randall C. Ramsey |
| Chief1 Position: | Chair |
| Chief2 Name: | Wendy Floyd Murphy |
| Chief2 Position: | Vice Chair |
| Chief3 Name: | Pearl Burris-Floyd |
| Chief3 Position: | Secretary |
| Agency Type: | University system governing board |
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors, known more commonly as the UNC Board of Governors, is the governing body of the University of North Carolina system.[1] The board is composed of 24 members, selected by the state legislature.
The board is charged with “the general determination, control, supervision, management, and governance” of the UNC system, a system of 17 campuses.[2] The current form of the Board was created in 1971.[3] One of the large roles of the board is the election of the UNC System President, currently Peter Hans.[4]
The board must elect a chair, vice chair, and secretary from within its voting membership for two-year terms that begin on July 1 of even-numbered years. The current executives are Randall C. Ramsey serving as chair, Wendy Floyd Murphy serving as vice chair, and Pearl Burris-Floyd serving as secretary.[5]
The Board of Governors was created in 1971 under Governor Bob Scott, replacing a previous system that was composed of a 100 person board that managed 6 state funded universities, and a State Board of Higher Education that managed 9 other universities. This centralized the governance of all public universities in the state by creating a 32 member board of governors for the UNC System, a board of trustees and chancellor for each university.
In 2019, Governor Cooper signed legislation to reduce the size of the Board of Governors to 24. [6]