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.