The Elon University School of Law Advisory Board includes prominent judges, attorneys and business leaders who advise the university about the law school’s development.

The board is chaired by Ellen Gregg, a retired partner with Womble Bond Dickinson LLP and a past member of the N.C. Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism.

Below are the members of the board:

Noel Allen, Raleigh, N.C.; President, Founding and Managing Partner, Allen & Pinnix, PA; Elon University trustee

Jennifer Bowden L’09, Greensboro, N.C.; Principal, R. Steve Bowden & Associates

Jason M. Burton L’11, Raleigh, N.C.; Principal, Burton Law Firm, PLLC

Hayleigh R. Carroll L’20, Greensboro, North Carolina; Assistant District Attorney, Guilford County District Attorney’s Office

Donald R. Dancer, Raleigh, N.C.; former Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, International Rectifier Corporation; Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Elon Law

Henry E. Frye, Greensboro, N.C.; retired, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP; N.C. Supreme Court, 1983-2000, Chief Justice, 1999-2000; N.C. House of Representatives, 1968-80; N.C. Senate, 1980-82

Ellen M. Gregg (chair), Winston-Salem, N.C.; Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson LLP; member, N.C. Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, 2005-2008

Bassam (Sam) N. Ibrahim, Alexandria, Virgina; Attorney and Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Mark S. Jetton ’06 L’09, Charlotte, North Carolina; Founding Partner, Jetton & Meredith, PLLC

Andy Jones L’13, Wilmington, North Carolina; Managing Partner, NC, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Jonathan Kelly, Greensboro, North Carolina; Founder and CEO of Asymmetric Holdings Worldwide

Edward Lichtenstein, Chicago, Illinois.; Managing Partner, The Law Offices of Edward Lichtenstein, P.C.

Robert E. (Bobby) Long Jr., Greensboro, North Carolina; Piedmont Capital Partners, LLC; Elon University trustee

Aaron Menser ’01, Wake Forest, North Carolina; Senior Vice President, Autopart International Sales & Operations, Advance Auto Parts

Susan I. Permut, Hopkinton, Mass.; Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel (retired), EMC Corporation

Rose Cordero Prey ’01, Princeton, New Jersey; Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Nathan Standley L’11, Holly Springs, North Carolina; Senior Vice President & Director of Privacy, State Employees’ Credit Union

Barron Thompson L’09, Asheboro, North Carolina; District Court Judge, North Carolina District Court 37

Jordan Thompson ’14 L’Dec.’17, New York City; Legal Counsel, TikTok

Gerald Walden, Whitsett, North Carolina; Vice President & Head of Legal, The Fresh Market, Inc.

Jonathan Wall, Greensboro, North Carolina; Higgins Benjamin, PLLC; chair, Labor Law Council, N.C. Bar Association, 2008-2009

Ex Officio

David Porter, Chair, Elon University Board of Trustees

Law School Representatives

Connie Ledoux Book, President, Elon University

Rebecca Kohn, Provost, Elon University

Zak Kramer, Dean of Elon University School of Law