Appointments to Appalachian’s Board of Trustees announced

By University Communications

Posted May 19, 2017 at 1:15 p.m.

BOONE, N.C.—The UNC Board of Governors has made one new appointment and reappointed three members to Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees. Returning are Marvin Lee Barnes of Durham, Charles Murray of Winston Salem and Carole Wilson of Raleigh. E. Bonnie Schaefer, owner of Westglow Resort and Spa in Blowing Rock and former co-CEO of Claire’s Stores Inc., is the new member. Each will serve four-year terms beginning July 1.

Marvin Lee Barnes

Durham, North Carolina

Barnes is the president and director of M.M. Fowler Inc. Before that he was a sales development representative for Shell Oil Company. Barnes graduated from Appalachian’s Walker College of Business in 1990 with a degree in business administration. In 2012 he founded the Lee Barnes Scholars Program at Appalachian. He has a master’s degree in business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Charles Murray

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Murray is the president of Murray Supply Company. He is a charter member of the Appalachian State University Board of Visitors. He is also a member of Appalachian’s Yosef Club and the Business Advisory Council in the Walker College of Business. Murray received the Outstanding Service Award from Appalachian’s Alumni Association in 2003. Murray supports areas across campus, including a scholarship within the Walker College of Business. Murray graduated from Appalachian in 1987 with a degree in management.

E. Bonnie Schaefer

Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Schaefer is a long-time supporter of An Appalachian Summer Festival and is a board member of the university’s summer music program. She provided a major gift to Appalachian that funded the renovation of the university’s performing arts facility, now named the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts. She also supports the university’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies. She received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Appalachian in 2012.

Carole Wilson

Raleigh, North Carolina

Wilson earned a B.S. in history from Appalachian in 1975. With her husband Brad Wilson ’75, she established Appalachian’s premier merit scholarship, the Wilson Scholars Program. The couple served as co-chairs of the Campaign for Appalachian that raised more than $200 million for the university. Her service to Appalachian also includes annual leadership gifts to The Appalachian Fund and support of the Yosef Club, Alumni Council, Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences.

About Appalachian’s Board of Trustees

The Appalachian State University Board of Trustees is a 13-member body that promotes the development of the institution within the functions prescribed by the UNC Board of Governors. The board serves as advisor to the Board of Governors on matters pertaining to the university and also serves as advisor to the chancellor concerning the management and development of Appalachian. The powers and duties of the Board of Trustees are primarily defined and delegated by the Board of Governors. Individuals are appointed to four-year terms by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the UNC Board of Governors. Included as a voting member of the board is the president of Appalachian’s Student Government Association. The president of Appalachian’s Alumni Council and chairs of the Faculty Senate and Staff Senate serve as ex officio constituency representatives to the board.

About Appalachian State University

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, affordable education for all. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.