UNC Charlotte Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber was recognized on the 2024 Business North Carolina Power List for her efforts to expand research and increase Charlotte’s expectations of becoming a Carnegie R1 research university in early 2025. The education category honored her for the fourth consecutive year.
Other notable individuals named to the list include John Hauser ’89, Tracy Dodson ’97, ’98, Gene McLaurin ’78, Dontá L. Wilson ’97, Chris Peek ’93, Mohammad Jenatian ’87, Igor Jablokov ’00 MBA, Tripp Beacham ’90, ’95, Malcomb Coley, Joe Paradise, Clay Grubb, David Ravin ’94, Pat Rodgers, John Cato ’73, Lisa Cooper and Omar Jorge Pena.
Business North Carolina Editor David Mildenberg selected these honorees based on magazine-solicited nominations and interviews with sources. He also conducted extensive research on North Carolina’s business community with years of experience covering it.
