Mr. Michael A. Almond

Appointment: Director at Large

About
  • Degrees: UNC-Chapel Hill, 1971, BA in political science (Morehead Scholar, Highest
    Honors); UNC School of Law, 1974, JD (Morehead Law Fellow, Order of the Coif, UNC
    Law Review); Fulbright Fellow, University of Mannheim (Germany), 1972-73,
    independent study in political science
  • Affiliation: Retired, Of Counsel, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
  • Other Affiliations: CEO, Antaeus Consulting, LLC, which provides transatlantic
    international business consulting services to domestic and foreign companies, with a
    focus on Germany and Western Europe; Board member, North Carolina Zeitgeist
    Foundation
  • Your connection to community colleges? As CEO of Antaeus Consulting, LLC, I have
    provided international economic and workforce development services to several NC
    community colleges.
  • What do you love most about the NC Community College System? The
    indispensable role played by NC community colleges in statewide economic and
    workforce development, customized industrial training, and support of business
    recruitment and job creation in NC.
  • A fun fact about you? In 2021, I published my debut novel, The Tannery, a historical
    fiction murder mystery/legal thriller set in Wilkes County, NC during the pivotal election
    year of 1900.
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