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Check out the recently updated Spring 2023 Guide to Volunteer Leadership Boards at Duke. WIN encourages all Duke women to consider volunteer board service to enrich and enhance conversations about the future of Duke.

WIN Member Profiles:

May 13, 2022

Elizabeth Harden M.D.’78: Investing in the Future of Medicine

When Elizabeth Harden entered Duke School of Medicine in 1974, only 22 percent of medical school students in the U.S....
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October 30, 2019

Lisa Borders ’79: To Believe in People is to Lead

Spend one minute with Lisa Borders ’79 and you’ll see the immense charm, humility, wit and decision-making that make her leadership a tour de force in the public sector and in the business world. Spend another, and you’ll soon be uplifted by your own inner bravery, ready to clear big hurdles and accomplish lofty goals.
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March 8, 2019

Isela Bahena M.B.A.’04: A Commitment to Equitable Education

Isela Bahena M.B.A.’04 has dedicated much of her giving to Duke to providing equitable access to education for students at The Fuqua School of Business. She believes that now is the time for women to show their economic power with philanthropy.
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March 22, 2015

Katy Hollister ’81: Giving to Areas That Matter Most

Early in my career, after being at Deloitte only a few years, I began to realize that being involved in the local community was an important part of building a professional network. So I joined the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which awards grants to local nonprofit organizations.
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March 14, 2015

Katherine Upchurch MD ’76: The Multiplier Effect of Gifts to Duke

I hope that Duke can continue to nurture the concept of cross-disciplinary collaboration in the quest to solve critical local, national, and global problems. This innovative approach, when coupled with “outrageous ambitions,” will lead to successes that could not be achieved in other ways.
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March 8, 2015

Sarah Dodds-Brown ’95: Philanthropy is Personal

As a young person, I participated in and supported organizations focused on ending the apartheid regime in South Africa, and I organized the fundraising effort of a student organization in my high school to sponsor a child in Burkina Faso.
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March 8, 2015

Brittany Greenfield ’07: A Family Legacy of Giving

My parents taught me that when you believe in something or somebody you give whatever you can—mind, body, and soul (and wallet if possible)—in support.
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February 22, 2015

Mary B. Johnson, B.S.N.’09, M.S.N.’12, D.N.P.’15: Like Mother, Like Daughter

I hope we continue to inspire the next generation of critical thinkers, life-time learners, and visionary leaders to use their strengths to contribute to society.
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February 22, 2015

Janis Jordan Rehlaender ’77: Financial Aid Recipient Turned Donor

My parents were my models, even though they didn’t have the resources for philanthropic giving. They did, however, dedicate a significant amount of their time and energy to philanthropic causes and to education in particular. As for philanthropic giving, my models have been friends and peers who have generously given to schools, research groups, and community service organizations.
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February 22, 2015

Marjorie Bekaert Thomas ’69: Advocate for Alzheimers Research

The best experience I had at Duke was being in the first class of the first black professor at Duke. Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook became a mentor and good friend for life. He embodied what I loved about the South and did not allow the things we both hated to divide us. Fifty years later, he still inspires me to be a better person and certainly a better boss.
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