Thursday, June 21, 2012
David Hauser, M.B.A. '77, has been named chairman and CEO of Charlotte-based FairPoint Communications, the nation's eighth-largest telephone company.
Hauser, who will begin his new role July 1, previously had been chief financial officer at Duke Energy Corp.
At FairPoint, he replaces a fellow Belk College alumnus, Gene Johnson '73, who is retiring.
Both Hauser and Johnson are members of the Belk College Business Advisory Council whoalso serve as trustees of UNC Charlotte. Additionally, both serve on the committee leading the initiative to bring football to the university.