Goldgeier Named General Counsel

Eileen Goldgeier has been named vice chancellor and general counsel, effective March 15. Chancellor James Woodward made the announcement following approval of the Board of Trustees.

Goldgeier has spent the last six years as general counsel at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She has more than 17 years of higher education legal experience, including six at NC State as associate general counsel. Her previous legal experience includes working at Johns Hopkins University and in private practice in Baltimore.

A native of Durham, Goldgeier received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and a Juris Doctorate from Emory University. She replaces Mary Beth Kurz, who retired in October.