The University of North Carolina’s Coastal Studies Institute’s executive director, Nancy White, will be stepping down June 30, 2017, after 14 years.
The institute is a partnership with East Carolina University, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, UNC-Wilmington and Elizabeth City State University facilitating research and education relevant to water quality, fisheries, renewable energy, maritime heritage and coastal economies.
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In an interview with the Outer Banks Sentinel, White said she was stepping down because she feels strongly about having fresh leadership.
“This is my 14th year,” she said, “It’s not like I couldn’t keep doing it, but at the end of the day I have to ask, am I really as passionate and obsessive about it as I have been? No. And is it good for somebody in this job to be that way?”
White said she will continue at the institute as a member of the faculty working to integrate art and science. She will also help raise funds for the institute.
ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton is expected to appoint a search committee to recruit White’s successor.
