Stacey Franklin Jones, a management and technology partnerships consultant with extensive higher education leadership experience, has been elected Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University by the Board of Governors of the 17-campus University of North Carolina.
The announcement followed a special meeting of the UNC Board of Governors in Cary, N.C. on September 4th.
Jones, 53, will assume her new duties October 1, succeeding Charles L. Becton, who has served as interim chancellor since Willie Gilchrist retired from the post in June 2013.