Appalachian State University's Board of Trustees has created a 15-member Board of Visitors to advise and assist trustees and Chancellor Kenneth E. Peacock on public policy matters that impact the university. The board will also advise and assist with the university's fund raising activities and needs, and help communicate its mission and accomplishments.

(Pictured above front row, left to right: Sam Powers, Fernando Little, Bob Hatley, Jimmy Barnes, Charlie Murray, Cantey Alexander, Steve Metcalf, Steve Shipwash. Back row, left to right: Tasse Little, Laura Aiken, Pat Anderson, Tom Lawson, April Kappler, Andrea Breazeale, Rhonda Hayes, Martha Guy.)