Senior Staff

Dr. Kimberly van Noort is UNC Asheville's Chancellor, bringing over three decades of higher education experience to the role. She previously served as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer for the University of North Carolina System, which she joined in 2016. Prior to joining the UNC…

Yvonne Villanueva-Russell earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  She joined the faculty at Texas A&M University-Commerce and eventually held administrative roles as department head, assistant dean of the Honors College, associate dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts, dean of University College and…

Dr. Meghan Harte Weyant currently serves as the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at The University of North Carolina Asheville. Harte Weyant (or MHW) previously served as the Vice President for Student Life at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN and prior to that as the Assistant Vice President for Student…

Eden brings more than two decades of experience in strategic marketing communications to UNC Asheville in both corporate and agency settings, as well as a depth of experience in higher education within the UNC System. As Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications at UNC Greensboro, she led a team of communications…

Janet R. Cone, who has served as UNC Asheville's Director of Athletics since 2004, is the only woman currently serving on the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee that selects and seeds the teams for March Madness. She was one of just 28 Directors of Athletics to be named as…