Presidential Committees
Charge: The charge to the Athletic Council is outlined in the Athletic Policy Manual.
Members Term Expires
Chair Michael Gillespie* 2010
Faculty James Coleman* 2008
Faculty Prasad Kasibhatla 2009
Faculty Fritz Mayer* 2009
Faculty Lawrence Virgin 2009
Faculty Leslie Marx 2010
Faculty Anne Yoder 2010
Faculty Gary Gereffi 2010
Faculty, Undergrad Dean Linda Franzoni* 2008
Faculty, Undergrad. Dean Robert Thompson 2008
Administration Kate Hendricks* 2008
Administration Sue Wasiolek 2008
Administration Tallman Trask 2008
Alumni Bruce Bell 2008
Alumni Michael Atkinson* 2009
Alumni Wendy Bilas 2010
Trustee Carol Kohn 2009
Trustee Charles Smith* 2008
Undergraduate Student 2008
Undergraduate Student 2008
Undergraduate Student (alternate) 2008
Graduate student 2008
Student-Athlete Advisory Allie Johnson* 2008
Student-Athlete Advisory (alternate) Allison Stankavage 2008
Club Sports Richard frothingham 2008
Ex-Officio Members
Secretary Sterly Wilder* Indefinite
Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta Indefinite
Faculty Athletics Representative Martha Putallaz* 2012
Others (without vote):
Athletic Director Joe Alleva
Sr. Women’s Administrator Jacki Silar
Club Sports Director Michael Forbes
Director, Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag
Director, Financial Aid Jim Belvin
Program Coordinator, Athletics Bradley Berndt
University Registrar Bruce Cunningham
Assoc. Director, Athletics Chris Kennedy
Vice President, Institutional Equity Ben Reese
Office of Institutional Equity Cynthia Clinton (invited to meetings, although not
an official member)
*Serves on Athletic Council Executive Committee
COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE 2006-2007
Charge: The Commencement Committee is advisory in all matters relating to the events of the Commencement Weekend. It reviews plans and oversees the direction of ceremonies in May. The committee usually meets five or six times a year for about an hour or so, mostly during the spring semester, when potential speakers for the exercises of the next May are discussed and lists are prepared.
Faculty Term Expires
Zannie Voss (Theater Studies) 2007
Emma Rasiel (Economics) 2008
Mary Champagne (Nursing), Co-Chair 2007
Owen Astrachan (Computer Science) 2008
Staff/Administrators
Todd Adams
Debra Cash
Allison Haltom
Susan Kauffman
Craig Kocher
Ira Mueller
Tim Pyatt
Sue Wasiolek
Sterly Wilder
Gerald Wilson
Richard White
Hank Woods
Duke Student Government reps. (5)
Graduate and Professional Student Council reps. (4)
President, Trinity Junior Class
President, Engineering Junior Class
COMPLIANCE COORDINATING COMMITTEE 2007-2008
Michael Somich (Chair)
James Belvin
Bruce Cunningham
Clint Davidson
Lori Freezor
James Luther
Victoria Nevois
Jamie Pootrakul
James Siedow
Juliann Tenney
Wayne Thomann
Mary Thomas
COORDINATING COUNCIL ON WORK AND FAMILY 2006-2007
Charge: The Council has helped the administration implement important changes relating to day care for the children of Duke employees, and continues to be a guiding force for the university’s human resource programs.
Tannishtha Reya 2008
Christopher Kontos 20092008
Staff
To be named (Chair) (Indefinite)
Jacqueline Looney
Ann Brown
John Burness
Lisa Gwyther
Allison Haltom
Monica Pallet
Michael Palmer
Alyssa Perz-Edwards
Andy Silberman
Kerry Watson
Cynthia Clinton
CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 2007 - 2008
CHARGE: The charge to this committee is two-fold. First, the committee will be responsible for gathering data, and analyzing and defining Duke’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by June 30, 2008. Secondly, the committee is charged with developing a clear plan of action with targets, strategies, and timetables to reduce Duke’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by January 31, 2009
Faculty Term Expires
William Chameides, Co-Chair
Amy Abernethy
Norm Christensen
Robert Clemen
Michael Lenox
Richard Newell
Lincoln Pratson
Jim Salzman
David Schaad
Jim Siedow
Administrators
Tallman Trask, Co-Chair
Tavey McDaniel Capps
Chuck Catotti
Paul Grantham
Robert Guerry
Eddie Hull
John Noonan
Michael Palmer
John Pearce
Jane Pleasants
Tim Profeta
Jim Wulforst
Students
Jennie Dean (GPSC) 2008
Michael LeFevre (DSG) 2008
Vanessa Barnett-Loro (President, Environmental Alliance) 2008
Chelsea Conover (President, Duke Univ. Greening Initiative) 2008
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DUKE FOREST COMMITTEE 2007-2008
Charge: This committee is responsible for planning for the future of the Duke Forest.
Tallman Trask, EVP (Co-Chair) Indefinite
William Chameides, NSOE Dean (Co-Chair) – hasn’t accepted yet Indefinite
Peter Lange Indefinite
David Singleton Indefinite
John Burness Indefinite
Michael Palmer 2008
Faculty
Kenneth Reckhow 2008
Christopher Schroeder 2008
Ram Oren 2009
Emily Bernhardt 2010
Students
(GPSC) - 1 rep 2008
(DSG) - 1 rep 2008
COMMITTEE ON FACILITIES AND ENVIRONMENT 2007-2008
Charge: The committee is charged to review all projects that are destined for consideration by the Building and Grounds Committee of the Board of Trustees. The committee has the responsibility of commenting on facilities and the environmental issues of University projects including the aesthetics of external renovations and new buildings. In addition, the committee is responsible for reviewing questions of zoning, land use, streets and highways which are adjacent to the University, and campus-related environmental concerns.
Faculty Terms Expires
Deborah Demott, Co-Chair 2010
Steve Baldwin 2008
David Tanaka 2008
Miguel Medina 2009
Steve Olson 2009
Tom Metzloff 2010
Administrators
Kemel Dawkins, Co-Chair
Gregory Warwick
Gilbert Merkx
John Pearce
Pat Hull
Judson Edeburn
Graduate & Professional Student Council (1 rep)
Duke Student Government (2 reps)
FOUNDERS’ DAY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2007-2008
Charge: Committee’s charge is to facilitate planning for the Founders’ Day Weekend and the awarding of a University Medal at the Convocation in October.
Faculty
Carol Meyers 2008
Loren Nolte 2009
Administrative
John Burness 2008
Tim Pyatt 2008
Richard White, University Marshal (ex officio) 2008
Sterly Wilder 2008
Gerald Wilson 2008
Allison Haltom (Chair, through 12/31/07) 2007
Richard Riddell (Chair, effective 1/1/08) Indefinite
HARASSMENT GRIEVANCE BOARD 2007-2008
Charge: The Board interprets the Duke harassment policy and sets guidelines for appropriate sanctions. It is also a pool from which individuals are randomly selected to serve on five-member panels to hear specific harassment cases. These panels adjudicate cases, decide whether a violation of the policy has occurred, and recommend actions for resolving complaints. Although appointed by the President, the Office of Institutional Equity handles harassment prevention efforts at Duke and has administrative responsibility for the Harassment Grievance Board.
Faculty Term Ends
Jane Blood-Siegfried (Nursing) 2008
Delbert Wigfall (Pediatrics - Nephrology) 2008
Aura Gimm (Biomedical Engineering) 2008
Karla Holloway (English) 2008
Naomi Quinn (Cultural Anthropology) 2008
Mary Fulkerson (Divinity) 2008
Robert Bryant (Mathematics) 2008
Dona Chikaraishi (Neurobiology) 2008
David Hinton (NSOE) 2009
Ranjana Khanna (English) 2010
Laura Underkuffler (Law) 2010
Tanya Chartrand (Fuqua) 2010
Administrative
Sumetrice Porter 2008
Leann Hinson 2008
Kenneth Jones 2008
Sue Wasiolek 2009
Burnice Parker 2009
Kathy Pfeiffer 2009
Jacki Silar 2009
Jamil Khan 2009
GPSC
4 reps to be apponited
DSG
4 reps to be appointed
Appointed by the President. The Board interprets the Duke harassment policy and sets
guidelines for appropriate sanctions. It is also a pool from which individuals are randomly
selected to serve on five-member panels to hear specific harassment cases. These panels
adjudicate cases, decide whether a violation of the policy has occurred, and recommend
actions for resolving complaints.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT RESPONSIBILITY 2007-2008
Charge: The President's Special Committee on Investment Responsibility (PSC) and the ACIR were organized after the Board of Trustees adopted a policy statement in Fall 2004 on socially responsible investing. The ACIR is a University body advisory to the President with the following functions: a) receive issues referred to it by the PSC; b) monitor trends and activities in investment responsibility that have an impact on educational institutional investors; c) conduct research, update Duke's files on companies, and provide analyses when requested by the PSC; and d) make recommendations to the President on how to vote proxies when the committee believes proxies should be voted outside the standard protocol of “economic interest;” whether to sponsor shareholder resolutions; whether to correspond with the management of corporations in which the University holds an identifiable equity position; when to divest; and on any new issues, which may warrant attention.
Provost Peter Lange (Chair)
Exec Vice President Tallman Trask
Chair, ECAC Paula McClain
Dean of Professional School Greg Jones
Young Trustee Justin Klein
Jim Siedow
2006 PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS COMMITTEE
Charge: The Presidential Awards were established to recognize each year the meritorious achievements of employees. Awards are given in four categories: office/clerical, service/skilled craft, technical/paraprofessional, and administrative/professional. The purpose of the committee is to screen candidates nominated for the award, and to recommend to the President an employee from each category to receive Presidential Awards, and five employees from each category to receive Meritorious Service Awards.
Administrative members:
Denise Evans (Chair)
Monica Pallett
Paul Haagen, Chair of Academic Council
Appointed members (2005 Award Winners)
Travis Lewis
Polly Garner
Irma Ferrell
PRESIDENT’S ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAAC) 2007-2008
Charge: Review all proposals for outdoor public sculpture on campus, both proposed gifts and potential commissions, to ensure that the university encourages the development of an exciting and stimulating visual environment that will enhance Duke’s architecture and physical setting. All units contemplating the installation of public sculpture will submit their plans to this committee, and the committee’s recommendations will in turn be submitted to the Committee on Facilities and Environment for ratification.
Kim Rorschach (Chair) Ex Officio
William Noland (Art & Art History) 2008
Jeffrey Peirce (Civil & Environmental Engineering) 2008
Mark Hough (Office of Univ Architect) 2009
Kristine Stiles (Art & Art History) 2009
Richard White (Duke Gardens) – retired (to be replaced) 2009
Jedediah Purdy (Law) 2010
Thomas Rankin (Documentary Studies) 2010
Trevor Schoonmaker (Curator, Nasher Museum) 2010
PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON BLACK AFFAIRS 2007-2008
Charge: The Council helps insure that the University pursues its goals of increasing the diversity of the faculty and student body and guaranteeing an excellent experience to students. The Council focuses on student issues for both graduate and undergraduate students. The Council also shares information about events and activities on campus that are relevant to African-American members of the community, and helps disseminate this information more broadly.
Faculty Term Expires
Thavolia Glymph (African & African Amer Studies) 2008
Lori Setton (Biomedical Engineering) 2008
Brenda Armstrong (Pediatrics) 2009
Kenneth Kreuzer (Biochemistry) 2009
Sunny Ladd (Public Policy) 2010
Administrators
Richard Brodhead (Chair)
Zoila Airall 2008
Anita-Yvonne Bryant 2009
Malcom Riley 2010
George McLendon
Ben Reese
Jacqueline Looney
Peter Lange
Stephen Nowicki
Larry Moneta
Julian Sanchez
Chandra Guinn
DUBAC
Torraine Williams
Reginaldo Howard Scholars (1 rep plus alternate)
Stephanie Amoako (fall semester) 2008
Brence Pernell (spring semester) 2008
Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (president plus 2 other reps)
Alethea Duncan (President) 2008
Malik Burnett 2008
Wallis Baxter 2008
Duke Student Government (president plus 2 other reps)
Paul Slattery (President) 2008
Katrina Henderson 2008
Andrew Tutt 2008
Graduate and Professional Student Council (president plus 2 other reps)
Crystal Brown (President) 2008
Julian Pridgen 2008
Steven Foy 2008
Black Student Alliance (president plus 5 other reps)
Simone Randolph (President) 2008
Kristina Broadie 2008
Aria Branch 2008
Wesley Nute 2008
Anne Beaubrun 2008
Awa Nur 2008
National Pan-Hellenic Council
Shawn C.T. Jones (President) 2008
Other - National Society of Black Engineers
Chloe Fagan-Tucker (President) 2008
PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL ON WOMEN 2007-2008
Faculty Term Expires
Alice Kaplan 2008
Nimmi Ramanujam 2008
Kristin Goss 2009
Laura Underkuffler 2009
Administrators
Richard Brodhead (Chair)
Donna Lisker (Vice Chair) Indefinite
Jo Rae Wright 2008
Maureen Cullins 2008
Molly O’Neill 2008
Ben Reese 2008
Nancy Allen 2009
Ann Brown 2009
Stephen Nowicki 2009
Catherine Gilliss 2009
Administrative Women’s Network
Pamela Riley 2009
Alumni
Sterly Wilder 2009
Faculty Women’s Network
Lynn Smith-Lovin 2008
LGBT
Laura Micham 2008
Women’s Studies
Robyn Wiegman 2008
Postdoctoral
Molly Starback 2008
Undergraduate Students
DSG:
NPHCl:
BSA: Simone Randolph 2008
ASA:
CSC:
Baldwin Scholar: Sarah Gordon 2008
Student Athlete: Allie Johnson 2008
GPSC:
DUKE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2006-2007
Charge: The membership of this committee includes twelve Duke University faculty, employees, graduate students and undergraduate students. It replaces the committee formerly known as the Parking Task Force. This committee focuses on broader parking and transportation issues, and makes recommendations to the Executive Vice President. Its principal responsibilities are: 1) Identify improvements to existing services, and needs for new services, in campus parking, transit and bicycle programs; 2) review and provide recommendations for parking policies, parking permit fees, parking violations fines, transit service levels and amenities and bicycle amenities; and 3) provide ongoing communication about transportation plans and services to the University’s academic and medical community.
Faculty Term Expires
Allen Kelley (Economics) 2007
Gabriel Katul (Nicholas School of the Environment) 2007
Ann Marie Pendergast(Pharmacology and Cancer Biology) 2007
Martin Brooke (Electrical and Computer Engineering) 2008
Phillips Heine (OB/GYN) 2008
Staff
Cindy Turner
Randy Smith
John Robinette
Jonathan Angier
Tavey McDaniel
Undergraduate Students (5)
Graduate Students (5)
Non-Voting Members
Bill Baker
John Pearce
Glenn Reynolds
Paul Davies
Mary Thomas
Greg Warwick
Kemel Dawkins
Aaron Graves
TRUSTEE-FACULTY COMMITTEE ON HONORARY DEGREES 2007-2008
Charge: The committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Academic Council and the Board of Trustees for candidates to be recognized with honorary degrees.
Trustees
Christine Durham (Chair)
Marguerite Kondracke
Paula Burger
Charles Smith
Ann Pelham (Alumni Assoc)
Terms expire:
Faculty
Alvin Crumbliss 2008
Roy Weintraub 2008
Reynolds Price 2009
Jonathan Wiener 2009
Robert Lefkowitz 2010
Ex Officio
Richard Brodhead
Peter Lange
Mary Champagne (Chair, Commencement Committee) 2008
Richard Riddell
Tim Pyatt
Ira Mueller
UNIVERSITY JUDICIAL BOARD 2007-2008
Charge: The responsibilities of the University Judicial Board are outlined in Appendix A of the Bulletin of Information and Regulations.
Faculty Term Expires
George Truskey, Chair (Engineering) 2009
Peter Burian (Classical Studies) 2008
Laura Underkuffler (Law) 2008
Norman Christensen (NSOE) 2008
Ralf Michaels (Law) 2009
Students (2 representatives from each school)
Allied Health 2 representatives to be named 2008
Nursing 2 representatives to be named 2008
Environment 2 representatives to be named 2008
Graduate School: 2 representatives to be named 2008
Law School: 2 representatives to be named 2008
School of Medicine: 2 representatives to be named 2008
Divinity: 2 representatives to be named 2008
Fuqua: 2 representatives to be named 2008
Undergraduate Judicial Board
Adam Eaglin 2008
Carolyn Stoner 2008
Daniel Yang 2008
Prabhat Mishra 2008
UNIVERSITY PATENT POLICY COMMITTEE 2007-2008
Charge: As outlined in Appendix P of the Faculty Handbook, the committee shall: 1) receive and review the annual report of the director of the Office of Science and Technology and consult with the director of the Office of Science and Technology when requested; 2) report to the president on the implementation of this policy, and recommend such new or different policies or guidelines as may be more suitable for the achievement of its objectives; 3) sit as a tribunal for the resolution of specific disputes involving the ownership of and equities involved in inventions, on appeal from decisions of the director of the Office of Science and Technology; and 4) receive requests for interpretations of this policy and, after deliberation, recommend to the president such interpretations as it considers appropriate.
Term Expires
Robert L. Clark, Mechanical Engineering (chair) 2008
Dan Gauthier, Physics 2008
Rob Califf, Cardiology 2008
Arti Rai, Law 2009
Joseph Izatt, Biomedical Engineering 2009
Ralph McCaughan, Associate University Counsel 2009
Ex-Officio Members
Rose Ritts
Robert Taber
Jo Rae Wright
Jim Siedow
Joyce McWherter
UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES COMMITTEE 2007-2008
Charge: This university committee is charged with assessing university and academic priorities, ensuring that the University’s annual and long-term budgets reflect these priorities, and making recommendations to the President. This committee replaces the President’s Advisory Committee on Resources and provides a stronger venue for faculty governance, and for collaboration between faculty leaders and the senior administration.
FACULTY Term Expires
Warren Grill, Chair* 2008
Chris Counter 2010
Liz Clark 2010
David McClay 2010
Jeffrey Krolik 2008
Randall Kramer* 2009
Katherine Schipper* 2009
Mary Champagne 2009
Tom Metzloff* (ECAC rep) 2010
Lynn Smith-Lovin (APC Chair) – she will serve for the duration
of her term as Chair of APC
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS (with voting rights)
Administration
Paula McClain (Chair, Academic Council)
Richard Brodhead
Peter Lange
Hof Milam
Jim Roberts
Victor Dzau (Sally Kornbluth to attend when Dr. Dzau is unable to)
Tallman Trask
Deans
George McLendon 2008
Bill Chameides 2010
Students
Paul Slattery (President, DSG) 2008
Crystal Brown (President, GPSC) 2008
BUDGET AND FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE*
Warren Grill (Chair) 2008
Randall Kramer 2008
Katherine Schipper 2009
Tom Metzloff 2010