Aimee Wall is dean of the UNC School of Government, a position she has held since February 2023. She is only the fifth person and the first woman to lead the School in its 92-year history of service to North Carolina.
Prior to her appointment, Wall was senior associate dean of the School and a professor of public law and government. She joined the School of Government faculty in 2001, providing expertise and advising focused in the areas of human services law and policy, legislative training and support, animal control law, and public health law. She has worked closely with legislators, state and county officials and others to study the state human services systems and explore opportunities for change. Wall also spent a decade as the faculty lead for the Legislative Reporting Service, a 90-year partnership with the North Carolina General Assembly.
From 2020 to 2023, Wall served as senior associate dean and helped oversee the School’s administration, finances and strategic direction. She has held the Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy.
Prior to joining the Carolina faculty, Wall worked in health care law with Powell, Goldstein, Frazer, and Murphy in Washington D.C., and served as a health policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and the District of Columbia State Bar. A two-time Carolina alumna, Aimee earned a Master of Public Health from the Gillings School of Global Public Health and a Juris Doctor at the School of Law. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from The Ohio State University.
