Our alumni community of more than 17,000 brilliant thinkers and doers have an outsized influence on the way we live today. The most active of them remain constantly connected to the place that laid the foundation for their life’s work.
Through the Engineering Alumni Council, these trailblazers leverage their experience and resources to inspire and broaden the horizons of the next generation of Duke Engineers.
Active and Engaged
Representing Alumni
We represent Duke Engineering alumni to senior leaders, our Board of Visitors and the Duke Alumni Association.
Funding Student Projects
Alumni support helps ambitious student clubs and teams shoot for the stars—literally. (Our support helps the AERO club launch high-altitude rockets.)
Enabling Alumni-Student Mentoring
Mentorship matters. We connect engaged alumni with talented students to create professional bonds that open minds and doors.
Recognizing Alumni Achievement
We bestow annual awards on fellow graduates, and friends of the Pratt School of Engineering, who have made distinguished impacts on Duke, their professions and society.
Join the Engineering Alumni Council
Members serve three-year terms and attend three council meetings each year.
Alumni Council Leadership
James A. Romes
President
Cary, NC
Class of 2002, Class of 2010
Tracy A. Nickelsburg
Immediate Past President
Alexandria, Va.
Class of 1988; Parent, Classes of 2022 and 2025
Alumni Council Members
Terms Expiring 2024
Benjamin J. Aitken
Chapel Hill, NC
Class of 2002; Class of 2006
Brian C. Alonso
Miami, Fla.
Class of 2001
Abhishek Balakrishnan
Class of 2015
Jacqueline E. Brown
Durham, NC
Class of 1986, Class of 1990
Margaret P. Chiou
Larchmont, NY
Class of 1999
Rachel A. Fleming
Durham, NC
Class of 2012; Class of 2013
Stephanie L. Gloster
Atlanta, Ga.
Class of 1996
Robert L. Jacks II
Old Greenwich, Conn.
Class of 1994
Andrew R. Schmidt
East Grand Rapids, Mich.
Class of 2006
Matthew D. Tiberii
Nashville, Tenn.
Class of 2015
Terms Expiring 2025
Robert A. Denton
McLean, Va.
Class of 1990; Class of 1991; Parent, Class of 2025
Sam A. Ghazaleh
McKinney, Texas
Class of 1986; Parent, Classes of 2020 and 2024
Alan G. Goedde
Pasadena, Calif.
Class of 1970, Class of 1978
Michael R. Gustafson II
Durham, NC
Class of 1993, Class of 1999
Jennifer K. Orriss
Los Angeles, Calif.
Class of 1993; Parent, Class of 2023
Preston S. Porter
Houston, Texas
Class of 2009
Christopher R. Rowland
Durham, NC
Class of 2009, Class of 2013, Class of 2015
Michael L. Silver
Chicago, Ill.
Class of 2009
Steven L. Walker
Brookhaven, Ga.
Class of 1988; Parent, Class of 2023
Terms Expiring 2026
Maria Barton
New York, NY
Class of 2000
Marietta J. Costa
Dix Hills, NY
Class of 1985; Parent, Classes of 2017 and 2024
Christopher L. Eisenbies
Carlisle, Mass.
Class of 1989
Jessica L. Foley
Washington, DC
Class of 2011
Shreyas Hegde
Middletown, Conn.
Class of 2018, Class of 2021
John S. Ingalls Jr.
Sunnyvale, Calif.
Class of 2011, Class of 2012
Constandi J. Shami
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Class of 2013, Class of 2014
Sophia Ulman
Argyle, Texas
Class of 2016
Cole R. Vertikoff
Winston-Salem, NC
Engineering Student Government Representatives
Jack Rhodes
President
Eliana Durkee
Executive Vice President
Josh Guthrie
Director of Alumni Relations
Long Nguyen
Director of Student Groups
Hannah Newman
Director of E-Socials
Duke Student Alumni Board Representative
Zibran Vastani
Graduate School Representative
Joseph Rufo
Alumni Relations Team
Robert Carr Jr.
Senior Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Affairs
