Pearl Burris-Floyd

Pearl Burris-Floyd, of Dallas, NC, was appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2015 and reappointed in 2019 to serve on the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System. Her term will end in 2023.

Burris-Floyd is the secretary for the Board of Governors and is a member of the Committee on University Personnel and the Committee on Audit, Risk Management, and Compliance.

Burris-Floyd has spent the majority of her professional career providing leadership on health issues and speaking on matters that involve mental and behavioral care. She is the Chief Government Affairs Officer at Partners Behavioral Health and President and CEO of Hidden Gemstones Consulting, LLC. She has worked as a Cancer Detection Specialist and held several administrative positions, including one at the Department of Health and Human Services.