Three new trustees and three new observing members joined the Board July 1, the University announced Wednesday in a news release.
The three trustees—who include Kathryn Hollister, Trinity '81, J.B. Pritzker, Trinity '87, and L. Frederick Sutherland, Trinity '73—will each serve six-year terms. The three observing members include Meyer Wellman, Trinity '73, Uzoma Ayogu, Pratt '17, and Erika Moore, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering.
Kathryn Hollister has been a partner at Deloitte for more than 30 years, according to the news release. She is now chief strategy officer for Deloitte’s Global Tax and Legal practice.
J.B. Pritzker founded Pritzker Group, a venture capital and private equity firm based in Chicago, in 1996. He is also running for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Illinois in 2018.
Sutherland—a former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Aramark Corporation—and his wife, Barbara, launched the Access and Opportunity financial-aid challenge fund at Duke in 2015, according to the news release.
Duke Alumni Association President-Elect Laura Wellman is a former executive at Bank of America and Citibank. She will serve a four-year term on the board, two years as an observer and two years as a voting member.
Elected as young trustee by undergraduates last year, Ayogu will serve one year as an observer and two years as a voting member.
Moore was selected by the Graduate and Professional Student Council as a young trustee. She will serve one year as an observer and one year as a voting member.
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