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Kendra Cotton

Project Director, Community-Campus Partnership
919.843.7736

Areas of Interest

Community and economic development

Profile

Kendra Cotton joined the Community-Campus Partnership (CCP) in 2009. As project director for CCP, Cotton leads program evaluation efforts and works with faculty, students, and staff across campus to develop research projects that align with community priorities in Caswell and Lenoir counties. In addition to her duties with CCP, Cotton is pursuing a PhD in political science at UNC-Chapel Hill. Previously she was associate director for the Center for the Study of the American South and the Program on Public Life. Cotton earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma and a master's degree in public administration from North Carolina State University.

William H. Lambe

Director, Community and Economic Development Program
919.966.4247

Areas of Interest

Community and economic development

Profile

Will Lambe joined the School of Government in 2006. His most recent publication, Small Towns, Big Ideas: Case Studies in Small Town Economic Development, was released in 2008. Lambe recently made presentations about rural economic development strategies to audiences in North Carolina, Alabama, Toronto, and Lisbon, Portugal. Before joining the School of Government, Lambe worked with the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) on a range of research and advocacy projects. There he authored two major studies: “Back on Track: Promising Practices to Help Dislocated Workers, Businesses and Communities” for the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center and “Business Retention and Expansion: Synergizing Service Delivery in North Carolina” for CFED. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University’s Sanford Institute.