Board of Visitors

Providing Expertise. Supporting the Mission.

Our Board of Visitors is a deeply-engaged advisory panel whose members include some of Duke Engineering’s most distinguished alumni and friends.

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Manlio A. Valdés

Chair

Board Member/Board Chair

Class of 1988
Parent, Class of 2017

Stacy L. Pineles, MD

Vice Chair

Professor of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

Class of 2000

Margaret Abernathy

VP, General Counsel and Government Affairs, Impulse Space

Class of 2008

T. Richard Alfonsi

Former Executive, Stripe, Twitter and Google

Class of 1993
Parent, Classes of 2023 and 2025

Rodolfo A. Baquerizo, Jr.

Executive Director, Grupo AB

Parent, Classes of 2015 and 2017

David Buza

Chief Technology Officer, Solomon Partners

Class of 1995

Lisa Carter

Executive Leadership Coach

Class of 1984

Andrew Carver

CEO, Carver Pump Company

Class of 1996

Christopher P. Cheng, PhD

President, Vibe Solutions; Executive Chair, MedRes Group; Adjunct Professor of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University

Class of 1998

James F. Dagley

President, Watts Water Technologies Inc.

Class of 1989

Rahul Vinod Deshmukh, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Class of 1993

Damian V. Dolland

CEO, Multicultural Client Strategy Group, Morgan Stanley

Class of 1998

Holly M. Espy

Anchor/Reporter, WTTG-TV

Class of 1993

Eric M. Free

Chief Growth Officer, Flexera Software

Class of 1991, Class of 1998
Parent, Classes of 2027 and 2030

Beth Gerstein

Co-Founder and CEO, Brilliant Earth

Class of 1995

Emma Harvey Giamartino

CFO, CBRE Group Inc.

Class of 2005

Russell Monroe Glass

CEO and Entrepreneur

Class of 1998

Ruby Grewal

Executive in Residence, Roivant Sciences; SVP Commercial, Immunovant

Class of 1988, Class of 1993

James K. Henry Jr., PhD

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Class of 1996, Class of 1999
Parent, Classes of 2028 and 2029

Ram M. Jagannath

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Healthcare, Blackstone

Class of 1998

Sunny Kantha

Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer, Boyd Corporation

Class of 2009

Arnaud Pierre Karsenti

Managing Principal, 13th Floor Investments, LLC

Class of 2000

Bob Lach

Founder, Lightbridge Solutions

Class of 1992

David Lamond

Managing Partner, Lamond Ventures

Class of 1997, Class of 2006

Michael C. Lenz

Retired FedEx Corp. Chief Financial Officer

Class of 1985, Class of 1994

Deborah Lau Liu

Investor, Board Member, Advisor

Class of 1998

Valecia Maclin Topping

Global Senior Technology Executive

Class of 1992

Stacey W. McConnell, Esq.

Retired Partner and Chair, Estate Planning and Trusts Department, Lamb McErlane PC

Class of 1977
Parent, Classes of 2016 and 2020

Brad McIlvain

Retired

Class of 1981

Leslie Voorhees Means

VP of Digital Strategies and Partnerships, David’s Bridal

Class of 2008

Abraham Ng’hwani

CEO and Founder, City Build AI, Inc.

Class of 2016

Graham A. Orriss

CEO, SV Labs Corporation

Class of 1993
Parent, Class of 2023

Harriet Patterson

Non-Executive Director at the Duke of Richmond’s Goodwood Art Foundation

Parent, Class of 2027

Daniel S. Pergola

Senior Portfolio Manager, Citadel LLC

Class of 2006

Scott C. Raney

Managing Director, Redpoint Ventures

Class of 1991
Parent, Class of 2026

Steven C. Rosner

Retired Managing Director and Partner, L.E.K. Consulting

Class of 1983
Parent, Class of 2018

Joseph A. Saldutti, Jr.

Managing Director, Gridiron Capital

Class of 1988
Parent, Classes of 2020 and 2024

Michael Salvino

Adjunct Professor for Business Leadership, Pratt School of Engineering

Parent, Class of 2020

John A. Sartor

President & CEO, Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC

Class of 1992

Eric J. Schiffer

Real Estate Development; Former CEO, 99 Cents Only Stores

Class of 1983
Parent, Class of 2024

John Schilling, MD

Co-Managing Partner, TPG Capital

Class of 1992

Valerie N. Schimel

Founder/CEO, Munchkin Fun; President, Al & Jane Nahmad Family Foundation

Class of 2000

Barry E. Schneirov

Vice President, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Class of 1985
Parent, Class of 2017

Jill A. Schreifer

Founder and CEO, The Schreifer Group

Class of 1997

Robert L. Seelig

EVP & General Counsel, White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

Class of 1990, Class of 1991
Parent, Classes of 2024 and 2026

Joshua Brant Skudlarick

Director, Project and Risk Management, ArcLight Capital Partners

Class of 1996

Armando A. Tabernilla

Vice President & General Counsel, Florida Crystals Corporation

Class of 1981
Parent, Class of 2019

Carina Lynn Tracy

Senior Consultant, Deloitte LLP

Class of 2019

Anna Tye Melvin

Partner at Hg Capital, Head of Large Group Cap Software Fund

Class of 2003

Alyssa Fanelli Varadhan

Investor/advisor in early-stage companies

Class of 2002

James “Jim” Vogeley

Entrepreneur

Class of 1980

Deepak Yadav

Chairman, Yadu Corporation

Parent, Class of 2026

Serving on the Board of Visitors has been one of the deepest honors of my life.
Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, PhD Chair Emeritus • Class of 1991

Members Emeriti

Michael J. Bingle

Class of 1994; Parent, Class of 2025; Member, Duke University Board of Trustees
Vice Chairman, Silver Lake Group

Dan Dickinson

Class of 1983; Parent, Classes of 2015 and 2019
CEO, Right to Dream; Co-Founder and Managing Partner, HCI Equity Partners

Suzanne M. Gregory

Class of 1987; Parent, Class of 2018
Retired Executive Director, Office of General Counsel, Merck & Company, Inc.

Stacy Klein-Gardner, PhD

Class of 1991
Executive Director, Engineering for US All; Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

George N. Mattson II

Class of 1987; Parent, Class of 2016
CEO, Wheels Up

Thomas A. Natelli

Class of 1982; Parent, Class of 2010
President & CEO, Natelli Corporation

Janis J. Rehlaender

Class of 1977; Parent, Classes of 2007, 2010 and 2012
Retired Director of Corporate Planning, Baxter International; Former Chair, Darien, CT Board of Education; Co-Founder, Given Lamb Foundation

Jerry C. Wilkinson

Class of 1967; Parent, Classes of 1998, 2000 and 2003
Chairman, The Wilkinson Companies