2024 Alumni Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award Bryan Starnes is the chief financial officer at ALG Senior, an assisted living and operation management company with over 130 communities of 5,000 or more elderly residents located in seven southeastern states. He works diligently to ensure our state’s seniors receive high-quality care. Previously, Bryan served as chief accounting officer at Meridian […]

Distinguished Alumni Award David Ravin is president and CEO of Northwood Ravin LLC, a leading full-service development, construction and property management firm. He is one of the Charlotte area’s largest commercial real estate developers. Through careful planning, David has helped change the landscape of Charlotte. In November of 2022, UNC Charlotte renamed the Architecture program […]

Distinguished Alumni Award Alain S. Miatudila, Sr. is associate dean of engineering at Central Piedmont Community College, where he is responsible for strategic planning and academic affairs for 10 undergraduate programs. In 2023, he was a visiting professor at the Polytechnic Faculty of the University of Kinshasa, where his visionary leadership catalyzed collaborations between that […]

Distinguished Alumni Award Jeffrey Cox, a lifelong champion of North Carolina public education, became the 11th president of the North Carolina Community College System in June 2023, the third largest system in the United States. Prior to being named president, he served as president of Wilkes Community College, superintendent of Alleghany County Schools, assistant superintendent […]

Distinguished Alumni Award Dean Arp, a professional engineer and structural engineer licensed in forty different states, is founder and president of Arp Engineering in Monroe, North Carolina and proudly hires many UNC Charlotte graduates. Dean has represented Union County’s District 69 in the North Carolina State House since 2012. He currently serves as a senior […]

Bonnie E. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award Susan DeVore is a woman of influence in Charlotte and beyond, writing the script on the power of women in leadership. She is the retired CEO of Premier, one of the nation’s leading health care improvement companies. As an industry-leading thinker, she has been named multiple times to Modern […]