The former Youth Trustee and current member of the President’s Round Table is a seasoned entrepreneur and philanthropist whose long-standing support for his alma mater, including the establishment of an endowed scholarship and gifts to student-focused initiatives, earned him the Distinguished Service to Elon Award in 2009.
The Elon University Board of Trustees has elected one of the university’s most devoted graduates to serve a four-year term on the board.
Cam Tims ’00, who majored in business administration in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, joins a governing body responsible for the university’s long-term health, oversight for its strategic direction, educational policy, finances and operations, and for advancing the mission of the university.
“The board deals with complex matters and, at times, is trying to navigate difficult situations,” Tims said. “What excites me is that I will continue to represent the Elon experience because I lived through it, and I now have 25 years of professional and life experience that I can bring to the dialogue.”
Tims owns Worth Generation Group, a real estate investment company in Raleigh, N.C., and serves as managing director of the interior design firm of Hue Home Interiors. He recently acquired Triangle Soft Goods, which produces custom, high-end home accents used by decorators and interior designers across the Carolinas.
A Business Fellow active as a student with Elon Volunteers! and Habitat for Humanity, Tims spent nearly two decades after graduation in banking industry leadership roles with Truist (formerly BB&T) and, before that, in financial analysis and accounting with IBM.
Tims has been involved with his alma mater through the Elon LEADS Regional Committee, the President’s Round Table, the Elon Alumni Board, and the Young Alumni Council where he was a founding member. In 2009, Tims was recognized for his dedication with a Distinguished Service to Elon Award.
In 2016, Tims established the Tims Access Endowed Scholarship, which assists students from his home state of Mississippi, as well as surrounding states. He has made gifts to the university in support of the Odyssey Program, Elon’s Greatest Needs, the Kernodle Center for Civic Life, the Elon Alumni Board Elon Engagement Scholarship, the Phoenix Club, and The Inn at Elon. He is a member of the 1889 Society and the Order of the Oak.
Tims’s election to the Board of Trustees on May 30, 2025, brings him back to where he started his service to Elon as a Youth Trustee from 2000-2002.
“One of the most important things that I do throughout any day is to make sure that I’m listening and learning,” Tims said. “That’s what Elon teaches its students: to be open, to listen, to learn, and to use those practices to guide decisions. And it’s one of the things that I love most about Elon.
“When I talk to prospective students and their parents, who are now my neighbors and friends, or when I talk with current students or young alumni, they all describe the feeling and experience I had. That impresses me so much. The core experience, even on the emotional level, remains after all these years.”
About Elon University
Elon University is a nationally recognized leader in engaged, experiential learning that prepares graduates to be creative, resilient, ambitious and ethical citizens of our global culture.
At Elon, more than 7,000 students learn through hands-on experiences and close working relationships with faculty and staff whose priorities are teaching and mentoring. The curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences with emphasis on global experiences and career development. More than 70 undergraduate majors are complemented by professional and graduate programs in law, business, education and health care. Elon is ranked No. 1 for excellence in undergraduate teaching by U.S. News & World Report.
Elon’s academic divisions include Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business; the School of Communications; the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education; the School of Health Sciences; and the School of Law, with programs in Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina.