Dr. Joyce E. Brown serves as Director of Special Programs - Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.
Prior to assuming this position she served as a Senior Program Evaluator for Associates for Institutional Development-Title III Programs and as a Reader for the Department of Education, Title IV-Trio Programs. She has also served as Special Assistant to the Academic Dean, Spelman College; Assistant Director, Office of Educational Opportunity (TRIO) Georgia State University; and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Morris Brown College. She has vast experiences in reading, writing, implementing, and evaluating Title IV-TRIO and Title III federal programs.

Dr. Brown received a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tennessee and a M.Ed. in Counseling and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership in Higher Education with a cognate in Management from Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. She has conducted extensive research, published, and made paper presentations on student persistence in higher education for the purpose of retention management and program enhancement.

Since 1995, Dr. Brown has been an active member of the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) and the AAHE Black Caucus. She has served diligently on the Program Committee for the Black Caucus and now serves as Secretary to the Caucus Executive Board. She is also a member of the Council on Educational Opportunity, Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel, North Carolina Council on Educational Opportunity, and the American Association of College Student Personnel.

Mrs. Geraldine M. Burnett has served as Counselor for the Ronald E. McNair Program since January 2000. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology/Psychology from Bennett College and a Master of Science degree in Adult Education from North Carolina A&T State University. Mrs. Burnett has an extensive background in counseling, coordinating and program planning.

Prior to assuming her responsibilities with the McNair Program she was counselor for the School of Nursing, counselor/coordinator for the Student Support Services Program at Bennett College, job developer/counselor for the Employment Security Commission, and held coordinator/instructor positions at Guilford Technical Community College

Professionally, Mrs. Burnett holds membership in the Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel, North Carolina Council of Educational Opportunity Programs, Girl Scouts Tarheel Triad Council, Inc., and National/State PTA.

Ms. Dana L. Herbin has served as the Administrative Support Associate for the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program at North Carolina A&T State University since December 2009. Prior to coming to the McNair Program, she served as an Administrative Support Associate for the Office of the Register at the University for two and a half years. She also served as a Medical Insurance Specialist for Kernodle Clinic in Burlington, NC for seven years. She is an active member of the Surfside Golf Club, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for the Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency to address sickle anemia in Greensboro, NC. Ms. Herbin is a descendant of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Native American Indians who occupy the Piedmont area of North Carolina and Virginia.