Spring 2025

Luisa Vega
 

Founder and CEO, Psych Health Associates
 

M.S.N.'13 Nursing; D.N.P.'14 Doctor of Nursing Practice

Deb Liu
 

Technology Executive
 

B.S.E.’98 Civil Engineering

Michael Sorrell
 

President of Paul Quinn College
 

M.P.P.’90 Public Policy Studies; J.D.’94 Law

Jane Anderson Terlesky
 

Film and television actress as Jayne Brook
 

’82 Drama

Ted Kaufman 
 

Former U.S. senator from Delaware
 

Presidential Citizens Medal recipient
 

B.S.E.’60 Mechanical Engineering

Melissa Bernstein 
 

Co-founder of Melissa & Doug toy company
 

Duke trustee
 

’87 Public Policy Studies

Scott Rosenfeld
Associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine
Head physician for U.S. Paralympic Team 2024
'97 Psychology

Ibtihaj Muhammad 
U.S. Olympic medalist in fencing
Children's book author
’07 International Comparative Studies

Lisa Borders
Business executive
Former president of the WNBA
Duke trustee
’79 French

Deborah Lee James 
Business and government executive
Former U.S. secretary of the Air Force
’79 Comparative Studies

Chad Nelsen
CEO of Surfrider Foundation
M.E.M.’96 Coastal Environmental Management

Joseph Turek
Duke chief of pediatric cardiac surgery
M.B.A.’20

Carmichael Roberts
Co-founder and managing partner of Material Impact
Duke trustee
’90 Chemistry; Ph.D.’95 Chemistry

Tarang Amin 
Chairman and CEO of e.l.f. Beauty
’87 Public Policy Studies
M.B.A.’91

Adam Silver
Commissioner of the NBA
Chair of Duke Board of Trustees
’84 Political Science

Danny Werfel
 Business executive
 Former IRS commissioner 
M.P.P.’97 Public Policy Studies

Cameron Oglesby
Environmental justice advocate
Senior officer at Climate United
’21 Environmental Science and Policy
M.P.P.’23 Public Policy Studies
 

Tim Cook
CEO Apple
Duke trustee
M.B.A.’88 Management

Scott Peters
U.S. representative from California
’80 Political Science
 

Leslie Olonyi Bosire
Environmental and natural resources lawyer
LL.M.’20 Law
 

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