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'''Lee Roberts''' is an American finance executive who was announced as the interim chancellor of [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC-Chapel Hill]] on December 15, 2023.
'''Lee Roberts''' is an American finance executive who was announced as the interim chancellor of [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC-Chapel Hill]] on December 15, 2023.

{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Interim Chancellor of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]
| predecessor = [[Kevin Guskiewicz]]
| term_label = Acting
| term_start = December 15, 2023
| status =
| education = [[Duke University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}


== Life ==
== Life ==

Revision as of 17:35, 4 January 2024

Lee Roberts is an American finance executive who was announced as the interim chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill on December 15, 2023.

Lee Harriss Roberts
Interim Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Acting
December 15, 2023
Preceded byKevin Guskiewicz
Personal details
EducationDuke University (BS)
Georgetown University (JD)

Life

Roberts was born to journalists Steven and Cokie Roberts, daughter of Hale and Lindy Boggs. He grew up in Washington, D.C. and received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Duke University and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University.[1]

He built a 30 year career in finance and real estate investment. He was a partner at Cherokee Investment Partners and spent nine years with Morgan Stanley. He then became managing director of Piedmont Community Bank Holdings.[2] From 2014 to 2016, he was the budget director for North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory.[1] He then founded SharpVue Capital, a private investment firm in Raleigh.[1] For the last 5 years he has been teaching budgeting at Duke University.[3]

On December 15, 2023 it was announced that Roberts would succeed Kevin Guskiewicz as the interim chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill.[1] Since 2021, he has been a member of the UNC board of governors and chair of the budget committee.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d bpd323 (2023-12-15). "Former state budget director named interim chancellor | UNC-Chapel Hill". The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2023-12-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Lee Roberts". North Carolina Leadership Forum. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  3. ^ "Lee Roberts Named Interim Chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill – UNC System". www.northcarolina.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  4. ^ WRAL (2023-12-15). "UNC names Duke grad Lee Roberts interim chancellor". WRAL.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.