The president has charged several university committees with engaging the campus community and providing strategic counsel. Members of these committees include faculty, students, staff, alumni, and trustees, appointed by the president for limited terms.
The Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility is a university body advisory to the President with the following functions:
- To serve as a forum for members of the Duke community to bring forward issues of societal concern related to the investment of the university’s assets;
- To create opportunities for members of the Duke community to debate, discuss, and learn about issues brought forward to the committee, so the committee can determine if any recommendations to the president are required;
- To advise the executive vice president on proxy votes on the direct investments held by DUMAC, Inc.;
- In rare cases, to advise the president on issues of investment divestment; and
- To make public the substance of its discussions and any actions in a timely manner.
Faculty
Emma Raisel (Economics), Chair, 2024
Lisa Campbell (Nicholas School), 2026
John de Figueiredo (Law School), 2026
David Robinson (Fuqua School), 2026
Patrick Smith (Divinity School), 2024
Student representatives
Ally Hargrove, GPSG Representative, 2024
Brien Brennan, DSG Representative, 2024
Mick Tobin, DSG Representative, 2024
TBA , GPSG Representative, 2024
Alumni representative
Derek Penn, 2024
Trustee representative
Fred Sutherland, 2024
Administrators
David Bowersox, Vice Dean for Finance and Administration, School of Nursing, 2024
Tracy Futhey, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, 2024
Christopher Lott, Deputy General Counsel, 2024
Rachel Satterfield, Vice President for Finance, 2024
Others (without vote)
Anil Madhok, Advisor, Chief Operating Officer, DUMAC, Indefinite
Term: 2 years
Detailed information about the Athletic Council is outlined in the Athletic Policy Manual here
Faculty
*Andrew Janiak (Philosophy), Chair, 2025
Lee Baker (Cultural Anthropology), 2025
Doriane Coleman (Law School), 2025
*Elisabeth de Fontenay (Law School), 2024
David McAdams (Fuqua School), 2025
*Manoj Mohanan (Sanford School), 2025
Candis Watts Smith (Political Science), 2024
Administration
Christopher Lott, Deputy General Counsel, 2024
Martin Smith, Dean of Academic Affairs, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, 2024
Daniel Ennis, Executive Vice President, 2024
Alumni
Tedra Anderson-Brown, 2025
*Margo Riddle, 2024
Brandon Harper, 2025
Trustees
*Ann Pelham, 2024
Steve Scott, 2024
Undergraduate Student Representatives
Jordan Phillips, 2024
Brandon Hersh, 2024
Graduate Student Representatives
Peyton Barrish, 2024
Student-Athlete Advisory
*Piper Hampsch, 2024
Job Trahan, 2024
Club Sports
Ryan Chen, 2024
Ex-Officio Members
*Linda Franzoni, Faculty Athletics Representative, 2027
Mary Pat McMahon, Vice Provost/Vice President for Student Affairs
*Margaret Epps, (Secretary) Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Chief of Staff to the President
Others (without vote)
Brad Berndt, Senior Associate Director of Athletics
Frank Blalark, Associate Vice Provost and University Registrar
Cynthia Clinton, Office of Institutional Equity
Christoph Guttentag, Dean, Undergraduate Admissions
Kimberly Hewitt, Vice President for Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer
Chris Kennedy, Senior Deputy Director of Athletics
Nina King, Vice President and Director of Athletics
Miranda McCall, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Financial Aid
Nathan McKinnis, Managing Director of Recreation Programs
Heather Ryan, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Student-Athlete Experience & Senior Woman Administrator
Laura Shively, Director of Sports Programs
* Serves on Executive Committee
Terms: 3 years for faculty, 1 year for students .
The Campus Sustainability Committee (CSC) was created in 2007 as part of the institutional structure to guide development and implementation of the Duke Climate Action Plan (CAP). After review by senior staff and the Board of Trustees, Duke officially submitted its CAP on October 15, 2009 to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. The target date for carbon neutrality is 2024. Since its inception, the CSC has been a key stakeholder group advising and informing Duke’s climate and sustainability leadership. The Duke University Campus Sustainability Committee (CSC), a standing committee appointed by the President, is responsible for making recommendations to guide campus sustainability policies, championing these sustainability initiatives and communicating them to each member’s respective constituencies to foster a more sustainable campus community.
Faculty
Toddi Steelman, Co-Chair (Nicholas School of the Environment), 2023
Mike Bergin (Pratt School of Engineering), 2023
Nicolette Cagle (Nicholas School of the Environment), 2023
Charlotte Clark (Nicholas School of the Environment), 2023
Marc Jeuland (Sanford School of Public Policy), 2023
Kay Jowers (Nicholas Institute/Energy Initiative), 2023
Rick Larrick (Fuqua School of Business), 2023
Laura Richman (Population Health Sciences), 2023
Robert Swinney (Fuqua School of Business), 2023
Administrators
Daniel Ennis, Co-Chair, Executive Vice President
Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Pratt School of Engineering, 2023
Tavey Capps, Sustainability Director, 2023
TBD, Assistant Director of Sustainability, Duke Dining, 2023
Jim Churchman, Vice President, Procurement and Supply Chain, 2023
Carl DePinto, Executive Director of Parking and Transportation Services, 2023
Jason Elliott, Sustainability Assistant Director, 2023
Leslie Parkins, Assistant Vice President and Director for Civic Engagement, Office of Durham and Community Affairs, 2023
Bernard Smith, Director of Facilities Planning & Operations for Student Affairs, 2023
Russell Thompson, Interim Vice President for Operations, 2023
Students
Delaney Buskard, Duke Sustainability Board, 2023
Michelle (Meech) Carter, Graduate and Professional Student Government, 2023
Ariella Chukwuma, Environmental Justice Campus Committee, 2023
Ezra Mellinger, Green Devils, 2023
Yujin Kim, Undergraduate Environmental Union, 2023
Aashna Sawhney, Duke Student Government, 2023
Terms: 2 years for faculty, 1 year for students.
Charge: The Centennial Steering Committee has been charged by President Price to provide strategic insight for the planning and implementation phases of all aspects of the Centennial Commemoration.
Members
Jill Boy, Executive Director, Duke’s Centennial Celebration; Chair
Dave Kennedy, Vice President, Alumni and Development; Co-Chair
Chris Simmons, Interim Vice President, Public Affairs and Government Relations; Co-Chair (ex officio)
Ed Balleisen, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
John Brown, Vice Provost for the Arts
Carolyn Gerber, Special Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs and Government Relations (Centennial Task Force Representative)
Val Gillispie, University Archivist
Kim Hewitt, Vice President for Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer
Antwan Lofton, Interim Vice President for Human Resources (ex officio)
Mary Pat McMahon, Vice Provost and Vice President of Student Affairs
Paul Markakis, PhD Student (Pratt)
Todd Mesibov, Deputy Director of Athletics/Administration and Legal Affairs/Chief of Staff
Rob Odom, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Duke University Health System
Vikas Patel, President, Duke University Alumni Association; Member of Board of Trustees (ex officio)
Luke Powery, Dean of Duke Chapel
Akhilesh Shivaramakrishnan, Undergraduate Student
Erika Weinthal, Chair, Academic Council
Stelfanie Williams, Vice President for Durham and Community Affairs
The committee is charged with reviewing capital projects that are destined for consideration by the Capital Review Committee. The committee has the responsibility of commenting on facilities and the environmental issues of University projects including the aesthetics of exterior renovations/additions and new buildings. In addition, the committee is responsible for reviewing facilities work that impacts the exterior aesthetic of the campus including landscape, signage, plazas, campus entries and utilities.
Faculty
Chris Brasier, Co-Chair (Pratt School of Engineering), 2024
Steffen Bass (Physics), 2025
Jennifer Groh (Psychology and Neuroscience), 2025
Lisa Huettel (Pratt School of Engineering), 2024
Tom Rankin (Art, Art History & Visual Studies), 2025
Jesko Von Windheim (Nicholas School of the Environment), 2024
Administrators
John Noonan, Co-Chair, Vice President for Facilities, 2024
John Clements, Associate Vice President for Budgets and Central Business Operations, 2024
Adem Gusa, Director, Planning and Design, 2024
Mark Hough, Campus Landscape Architect, 2023
Pat Hull, Associate Director, Institutional Research & Manager, Space Information Systems and Analysis, 2024
Lauren Rockart, Advising University Architect, 2024
Shawn Subasic, Director, Associate Vice President, Duke Health Facilities. 2023
Duke Student Government
Ashley Bae, 2023
Zoe Tishaev, 2023
Graduate and Professional Student Government
Christopher Miraglia, 2023
Lucas Lynn, 2023
Terms: 3 years for faculty, 1 year for students.
Recommends candidates for Honorary Degrees to the Academic Council and to the Board of Trustees. These recommendations must be approved by both the Council and the Board for the degree to be granted.
Faculty
Laurence Helfer (Law School), 2024
Terrie Moffitt (Psychology & Neuroscience), 2025
Michael Munger (Political Science), 2024
Mark Anthony Neal (African & American Studies), 2024
Gennifer Weisenfeld (Art, Art History and Visual Studies), 2024
Trustees
Grant Hill, Chair, 2024
Lisa Borders, 2024
Bill Kaelin, 2024
Ann Pelham, 2024
Edgar Virgüez, 2024
Ex Officio
Alec Gallimore, Provost
Vincent Price, President
Term: 3 years for faculty.
The University Medal committee identifies and recommends to the president candidates for the University Medal, which is awarded annually during Founders’ Day Weekend in the fall. (The University Medal for Distinguished Meritorious Service is awarded to individuals who have given extraordinary service to Duke.)
Chair
Maggie Epps, Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Chief of Staff to the President
Administrators/Staff
Paul Grantham, Assistant Vice President of Communication Services, Human Resources
Rob Odom, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Vice President, Duke University Health System
Stelfanie Williams, Vice President for Durham & Community Affairs
Faculty
Craig Henriquez, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Scott Lindroth, Professor of Music
Ex Officio
Terry Chambliss, Senior Director, Special Events & University Ceremonies
Scott Greenwood, Associate Vice President, Alumni Engagement and Development
Chris Simmons, Interim Vice President for Public Affairs and Government Relations
Erika Weinthal, Academic Council Chair & University Faculty Marshal
The President’s Art Advisory Committee reviews all proposals for outdoor public sculpture on campus, both proposed gifts and potential commissions, to ensure that the university encourages the development of an exciting and stimulating visual environment that will enhance Duke’s architecture and physical setting. All units contemplating the installation of public sculptures will submit their plans to this committee, and the committee’s recommendations will in turn be submitted to the Committee on Facilities and Environment for ratification.
Faculty
Edna Andrews (Slavic & Eurasian Studies), 2024
John Brown (Music), 2025
Nan Jokerst (Pratt School), 2024
Pedro Lasch (Art, Art History, and Visual Studies), 2025
Nathaniel Mackey (English), 2024
Louise Meintjes (Music), 2025
Tom Rankin (Center for Documentary Studies), 2024
Victoria Szabo (Art, Art History & Visual Studies), 2024
Administrators
Mark Hough, Campus Landscape Architect, 2024
Kimberly Hewitt, Vice President, Office for Institutional Equity, 2025
William LeFevre, Executive Director, Duke Gardens, 2024
Marshall Price, Chief Curator, Nasher Museum of Art, 2024
Undergraduate Student Representative
TBA
Graduate Student Representative
TBA
Ex Officio
Trevor Schoonmaker, Chair, Director of the Nasher Museum of Art, Indefinite
Terms: 3 years for faculty, 1 year for students
The President’s Advisory Committee on Institutional History is charged with making recommendations on how the Duke community might best engage with and learn from its institutional history.
Faculty
Paula McClain, Chair (Political Science), 2023
Saskia Cornes (John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute), 2024
Jeff Baker (School of Medicine), 2024
Mark Anthony Neal (African & African American Studies), 2026
Karin Shapiro (African and African American Studies and History), 2024
Administrators
Jill Boy, Executive Director, Duke’s Centennial Celebration, 2024
Luke Powery, Dean of Duke Chapel, 2024
Frank Tramble, Vice President for Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs, 2025
Durham Community Representative
Tobias Rose, Principal and Creative Director, Kompleks Creative, 2024
Alumni
TBA
Duke Student Government
TBA
Graduate and Professional Student Government
TBA
Terms: 2 years for faculty; 1 year for students
The President’s Council on Black Affairs helps ensure that the University pursues its goals of increasing the diversity of the faculty and student body and guaranteeing an excellent experience to students. The Council focuses on student issues for both graduate and undergraduate students. The Council also shares information about events and activities on campus that are relevant to African-American members of the community, and helps disseminate this information more broadly.
Faculty
**Deondra Rose (Sanford School of Public Policy), 2024
Ashleigh Rosette (Fuqua School of Business), 2024
Karin Shapiro (History), 2025
Gustavo Silva (Biology), 2024
Kevin Thomas (School of Medicine), 2024
Norbert Wilson (Divinity School), 2024
Alumni
TBA
Administrators
Vincent Price, Chair, President
Abbas Benmamoun, Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Gary Bennett, Dean, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Rhonda Brandon, Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President, Duke University Health System
Linda Capers, Director of the Center for Multicultural Affairs
Shruti Desai, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs for Campus Life
Daniel Ennis, Executive Vice President
Alec Gallimore, Provost
Christoph Guttentag, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions
Kimberly Hewitt, Vice President for Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer
Dawna Jones, Director of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture
Antwan Lofton, Interim Vice President of Human Resources
Mary Pat McMahon, Vice Provost/Vice President of Student Affairs
Candis Watts Smith, Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Black Graduate and Professional Student Association
TBA
Black Student Alliance
TBA
Duke Student Government
TBA
Graduate and Professional Student Government
TBA
National Pan-Hellenic Council
TBA
National Society of Black Engineers
TBA
Reginaldo Howard Scholars
TBA
The Bouchet Society
TBA
**Chair of Advisory Committee
*Serves on Advisory Committee
Terms: 3 years for faculty, 1 year for students
The responsibilities of the University Judicial Board are outlined in The Duke Community Standard in Practice .
Faculty
Sara Greene (Law School) (Chair), 2025
TBA
Administrators
Martin P. Smith, Dean of Academic Affairs of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, 2023
Students (2 representatives from each school)
Allied Health:
TBA
Divinity:
TBA
Fuqua:
TBA
Graduate School:
TBA
Law School:
TBA
Nicholas School of the Environment:
TBA
Pratt:
TBA
Sanford:
TBA
School of Medicine:
TBA
School of Nursing:
TBA
Undergraduate Conduct Board:
TBA
Terms: 2 years for faculty; 1 year for students
The University Priorities Committee assesses university and academic priorities, ensuring that the University’s annual and long-term budgets reflect these priorities, and make recommendations to the President.
Faculty
Lawrence Zelenak, Chair (Law School), 2024
Ayana Arce (Physics), 2024
Leslie Babinski (Sanford School), 2025
Steffen Bass, APC Chair (Physics), Indefinite
Kenneth Brown (Pratt School of Engineering), 2024
Ronnie Chatterji, Fuqua School, 2026
Amy Herring (Statistical Science), 2025
Timur Kuran (Economics and Political Science), 2025
Josh Sosin, ECAC Rep (Classical Studies), 2024
Betty Tong (School of Medicine), 2024
Administrator
Carol King, Vice Dean for Finance & Administration, Trinity College, 2024
Ex Officio Members (with voting rights)
Daniel Ennis, Executive Vice President
Linda Franzoni, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education, Pratt School
Alec Gallimore, Provost
Scott Gibson, Executive Vice Dean, Administration, School of Medicine
Trina Jones, Academic Council Chair
Mary Klotman, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs & Dean of the School of Medicine
Amy Oates, Interim Vice Provost for Finance and Administration
Vince Price, President
Rachel Satterfield, Vice President, Finance
Deans
Gary Bennett (Trinity College of Arts & Sciences), 2026
Bill Boulding (Fuqua School of Business), 2024
Students
Isaiah Hamilton, Duke Student Government, 2024
Keanu Valibia, Graduate & Professional Student Government, 2024
Terms: 3 years for faculty, 1 year for students