North Carolina Delegation
- Blaine J. Hansen, Vice President for Planning and External Relations, Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk (Executive Council Member and Chair of State Delegation)
- J. Bradley Creed, President, Campbell University, Buies Creek
- Molly M. Goldwasser, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Duke University, Durham
- T. Hampton Hopkins, President, Carolinas College of Health Sciences, Charlotte
- Dennis F. King, President Emeritus, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Asheville
- Duane K. Larick, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Strategies and Resource Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
- Elizabeth L. Normandy, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Accreditation, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke
- Sallie Shuping-Russell, Chair, Carolina Research Ventures, Chapel Hill (Public Representative)