Campus Leadership
The NCRC is led by the vision of David H. Murdock, owner of Dole Foods and Castle & Cooke, Inc. Working with Mr. Murdock to develop the 350-acre campus is President of Atlantic American Properties and the North American Commercial Division of Castle and Cooke Lynne Scott Safrit and Vice President of Business Development Clyde Higgs.
Equal partners in the NCRC’s growth and development are the board of directors and scientific team of David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) and the campus’ universities and businesses. Project leaders and principal investigators for campus partners are:
Cory Brouwer, PhD
Director, UNC Charlotte Bioinformatics Services Division
Robert Califf, MD
Director, Duke Translational Medicine Institute; Principal Investigator, The MURDOCK Study
Nicholas Gillitt, PhD
Director, Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory
Judy Heylmun
Vice President of Business Development, Sensory Spectrum, Inc.; Director, Spectrum Discovery Center North Carolina
Wei Jia, PhD
Co-Director, UNC Greensboro Center for Research Excellence in Bioactive Food Components
Lane Johnson, PhD
Site Lead, General Mills
TinChung Leung, PhD
Principle Investigator, NC Central University Nutrition Research Program
Mary Ann Lila, PhD
Director, NC State University Plants for Human Health Institute
Susan MacIsaac, PhD
Principal Investigator, Monsanto
David Neiman, DrPH, FACSM
Director, Appalachian State University Human Performance Labs
William F. Pilkington, DPA
Director, Cabarrus Health Alliance
Leonard Williams, PhD
Director, NC A&T State University Center of Excellence for Post Harvest Technologies
Steven H. Zeisel, MD PhD
Director, UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute