Board of Advisors
Meet our Board
The DGHI Board of Advisors comprises experts in global health and related fields who provide input to the director on the institute’s strategic direction and philanthropic goals and provide connections to global health issues and organizations.
Wendy A. Taylor AB’90, P'25
Chair, DGHI Board of Advisors; President and CEO, William Davidson Institute
Leslie Bains P’97, P’00
Managing Director, Citi Private Bank
D. Craig Brater, T’67, M’71
Vice President of Programs, Walther Cancer Foundation, Regenstrief Foundation
Chris Elias
President, Global Development Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Roy Tyler Frizzell, T’81, G’87, M’87
Neurosurgeon, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center; St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center
Elizabeth Fuller, T’82
Consultant
Pape Gaye
Founder and President, Baobab Institute for Health and Development and President Emeritus of IntraHealth International
Dave Gendell T’83
Emeritus Chair, DGHI Board of Advisors; Partner, Tontine Associates LLC; Vice Chairman, IES
Wenfeng Gong
Senior Strategy Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Thomas M. Gorrie
Chair, DUHS Board of Directors; T.M. Gorrie & Associates, LLC; Duke Board of Trustees
Jennifer Gross AB’97
Founder and CEO, Blue Chip Foundation
Larry H. Hollier BS’87
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital
Heather Kempczinski, MD T'91, P'24, P'25
Pediatrician
Rekha B. Kumar AB’02
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Attending Endocrinologist, Weill Cornell Medical College
Elaine Leavenworth AB’80
Sr. VP, Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer, Abbott
Jack Leslie P’14
Chairman, Weber Shandwick; Emeritus Chair, DGHI Board of Advisors
Christine McKenna AB’08
Sr. Director, US COVID Vaccines Strategic Partnerships for Pfizer
Wendy Mosler, T’80
Executive Vice President, Global Holdings Management (US) Inc.
Nicole Rubin
Co-Chair, Duke Annual Fund Parents Committee
Alana Serota
Internist, Metabolic Bone Disorders, Osteoporosis and Women's Health
Neal D. Shore T’80, M’84, P'20
Director, CPI, Carolina Urologic Research Center
Remembering Paul Farmer
DGHI is mourning the loss of Paul Farmer ‘82, an emeritus member of the DGHI board of advisors and great supporter of DGHI’s research and education around the world, who died in February 2022. Read more about Farmer’s life and work.
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DGHI Reacts to the Death of Dr. Paul Farmer
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