BOARD of Directors | 2026
PRESIDENT
Robert J. Melton PE, CHFM, CHC, CHE
Healthcare System Director
EOC & LS Compliance
UNC Health
robert.melton@unchealth.unc.edu
PRESIDENT ELECT
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
Lee Robeson
Director Construction & Development
Real Estate Development & Facilities
UNC Health
SECRETARY ELECT
Deanne Avery CHC, CHFM, PMP
Director Planning, Design, Construction &
Real Estate
UNC Health Blue Ridge
TREASURER
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Ashley Head
Project Manager, Duke Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction
Duke Health System
Correspondence Secretary
Program Chair
B. Alan Pennington CHFM, CCHM
Director Plant Operations
Real Estate Development & Facilities (REDF)
UNC Health Hillsborough
Vendor Chair
Will Braddy
Project Manager, Real Estate Development & Facilities (REDF)
UNC Hospitals
Associate Member
Nicholas Tribble
Building Enclosure Consultant/Director of Business Development
New Atlantic
Associate Member Elect