Don Hobart
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
123 W. Franklin St.
Carolina Square Suite 600B
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
CB 7006
Email: don.hobart@unc.edu
Ph: 919-843-0052
Responsibilities
Don Hobart manages public and external affairs for UNC Research. His responsibilities include managing research opportunities with university, agency and institutional partners, external partnerships with businesses and economic development organizations, and global relationships. Hobart serves as a primary OVCR point of contact for federal and state government issues related to research matters, working with the UNC Offices of Federal Affairs and State Government Relations. He represents the OVCR on various boards and committees internal to UNC and the UNC System and with external organizations. He oversees the UNC Office of Research Communications and his staff maintain UNC’s statistics for research impact.
Biography
Prior to joining UNC-Chapel Hill, Don Hobart served the state of North Carolina in the Department of Commerce and Office of the Governor developing and executing economic development programs and policies, recruiting industry, and managing state and federal government affairs. He has served as chief counsel to North Carolina’s Attorney General and spent a decade in private practice as a defense litigator and trial attorney in the state and federal trial and appellate courts. He was awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship in 2006 to study economic development strategy in Southeast Asia. Hobart received his law and undergraduate degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Administrative Staff
Jordan Hill serves as Executive Assistant to Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Don Hobart.
Email: jhillvo@email.unc.edu
Phone: 919-962-9041