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June 2025 WIN luncheon & Conversation with Duke Trustees in Bethesda, MD

WIN Leadership Council members hosted a luncheon at Congressional Country Club to celebrate and build community, and to hear updates on the MADE FOR THIS campaign priorities. Trustees and WIN members Ann Pelham ’74, P’06 and Sharon Marcil ’88, P’23 shared how Duke is rising to the challenges of our times, and facilitated an inspiring discussion among guests. Thank you to our speakers, and to generous hosts (pictured left to right): WIN Chair Susan Walley B.S.’96, P’25, P’28, Tanya Nizialek B.S.E.’91, Anjali Kataria A.B.’93, P’26, Donna Claycomb Sokol M.Div.’00, and Shelley Lambert Carter A.B.’00.

2025-2028 WIN Scholars Selected

Congratulations to rising juniors Mariama Ceesay and Condoleezza Dorvil, who have been selected as the newest cohort of WIN Scholars. Condoleezza is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with minors in French and African American Studies. She is a distinguished Reggie Howard Scholar, demonstrating her commitment to academic excellence and leadership. Passionate about law, policy, and advocacy, she aspires to become a humanitarian lawyer and diplomat. Mariama is from Horn Lake, MS, studying Romance Studies with a focus on Spanish and Portuguese and International Comparative Studies. She also speaks Spanish and is studying French and Arabic. In her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, and going on walks around campus.

2024-2026 WIN Scholars: Empowering Future Leaders in Medicine and Advocacy

Hannah Tuck ’26 and Jackie Villanueva Govena ’26, both rising juniors at Duke University, have been named 2024-2026 WIN Scholars. Tuck, a first-generation biology major, plans to pursue a career in pediatric medicine, focusing on healthcare equity for Black communities. Villanueva Govena, a Medical Sociology major, is continuing her research on fungal pathogenesis while leading initiatives to support first-generation students. Both are dedicated to academic excellence and community service…

WIN Member Profiles:

November 29, 2023

Sonya Wakil ’79 and Bethann Horey ’84: Championing neuroscience discovery and innovation

WIN members Sonya Wakil ’79, Bethann Horey ’84 didn’t know each other before joining the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences...

August 9, 2023

Grace Ku Lee ’79: Creating a family legacy of giving

Grace Ku was a first-year student when friends set her up on a blind date with Ken Lee, who was...

April 21, 2023

Advocate for Women’s Health: Phyllis Leppert M.D.’73, HS’76

When Phyllis Leppert was a nursing student in the late 1950s, she learned that infant and maternal mortality rates were...

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....

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.

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.

February 25, 2019

Closing Gaps for Women in Finance

As the parent of a college-aged daughter, I’ve watched how academic decisions that first- or second-year students make can open — or close — certain professional paths.

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.

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.

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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