Four new members were recently appointed the UNC Asheville Board of Trustees.

Asheville dermatologist Dr. M. David Cogburn was appointed to a four-year term by North Carolina Governor Michael Easley. A 1977 graduate of UNC Asheville, Cogburn earned his medical degree from East Carolina University School of Medicine with specialty training in dermatology at UNC Chapel Hill. Cogburn and his wife founded Carolina Mountain Dermatology in south Asheville in 1986. A longtime University supporter, Cogburn has served as director, associate chair and chair of the UNC Asheville Foundation Inc. He was instrumental in establishing the S. Dexter Squibb Lectureship in Chemistry and, along with his wife, the Gay and David Cogburn Scholarship in the Art Department. In 2006, Cogburn received UNC Asheville's Thomas D. Reynolds Award for Service to the University.

Audrey Byrd Mosley, Deputy General Counsel for the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., was appointed to a four-year term by the UNC Board of Governors. Mosley, a UNC Asheville alumna and Asheville native, holds a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. Following law school, Mosley moved to Washington, D.C., where she began her legal career as an attorney with the United States Department of Army Materiel and Readiness Command. Since 1980, she has worked in the office of the general counsel of the National Academy of Sciences. An active supporter of her alma mater, Mosley is the recent past chair of UNC Asheville's National Alumni Council.

Virgil L. Smith, vice president of talent management at Gannett Co. Inc. and chairman of the Asheville Citizen-Times, was also appointed to a four-year term by the UNC Board of Governors. Smith served as president and publisher of the Asheville Citizen-Times from 1996-2006. Under Smith's leadership, the newspaper won Gannett's Gold Medal Award for outstanding journalism and was awarded the Diversity Award twice, a top honor that goes to the newspaper that is the most diverse and most reflects the diversity of its community. Prior to the Citizen-Times, Smith held top positions at newspapers in California. An active member of the community, Smith serves on numerous boards and played an integral role in establishing the Asheville-Buncombe Education Coalition. He holds bachelor and master's degrees from the University of San Francisco and served six years in the U.S. Army.

Tristyn LeVon Card, a UNC Asheville senior mass communication major from Zebulon, N.C., took a seat on the Board as the new Student Government Association president. She will serve a one-year term. Card is an honors graduate from Raleigh Charter High School, where she was active in the Minority Student Forum and Senior Class Council. At UNC Asheville she has served on the Student Government Association for four years and has worked as a resident assistant and a writer for the Blue Banner student newspaper. In 2006, Card was crowned UNC Asheville's homecoming queen.

The UNC Asheville Board of Trustees has 13 members; eight are appointed by the UNC Board of Governors and four are appointed by the governor. The UNC Asheville Student Association president, who is elected by the student body, also sits on the board. The UNC Asheville Board of Trustees promotes the sound development of the University and serves as advisor to the Board of Governors and the chancellor.