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.

Dave Gendell T’83

Chairman, DGHI Board of Advisors; Partner, Tontine Associates LLC; Vice Chairman, IES

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

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

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.

Neal D. Shore, Shore T’80, M’84

Director, CPI, Carolina Urologic Research Center

Wendy A. Taylor AB’90

Vice President, Technical Leadership and Innovation, Jhpiego

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

Faculty, students and alumni share grief, appreciation at the passing of a global health icon.

Faculty, students and alumni share grief, appreciation at the passing of a global...