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Officers & Board of Directors

Officers

Chair
Geeta Swamy, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Executive Director and President
Erica Kitchen
Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs
Durham, NC

Vice President
Deborah Lea Bussel
Bussel Philanthropy Associates
Miami, FL

Treasurer
Barbara Hough
Duke University
Durham, NC

Secretary
Cathleen Durgin
Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs
Durham, NC

Assistant Treasurer
John Bussel
Hewins Financial Advisors
Bay Harbor Islands, FL

Class A Directors

Karen B. Berman
Durham, NC

Daniel J. Bussel
Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, LLP
Studio City, CA

Deborah Lea Bussel
Bussel Philanthropy Associates
Miami, FL

John Bussel
Hewins Financial Advisors
Bay Harbor Islands, FL

Curtis Lockshin, PhD
Xenetic Biosciences
Lexington, MA

Hannah Moshontz, PhD
Driven Data
Portland, Oregon

Manuel F. Utset, MD, PhD
University of Illinois at
Chicago
Chicago, IL
Class B Directors

Mustafa Bashir
Duke University School of Medicine

Colin Duckett, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Stephen Lisberger, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

James O. McNamara, Sr., MD
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Richard O’Brien, MD, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Moira Rynn, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Geeta Swamy, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Heather Whitson, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC


Directors Emeriti


Ann B. Bussel
Ellen R. Luken
Ralph McCaughan, LLB
Ralph Snyderman, MD

On September 1, 2016, Morris N. Broad, a Director and Vice President of the Ruth K. Broad Foundation, passed away.  The obituary for our friend and passionate supporter of Alzheimer’s research can be found in the Miami-Herald.

 

Application Deadlines

In the 2025-26 fiscal year, RFAs will be accepted for the Broad Research Award for Graduate Students, Fellowship Award for Postdoctoral Fellows, and Human Brain Models Research Award at Duke. Applications will go live in October 2025 and are due by midnight February 1, 2026

New Student Award

Ellen Luken Student Awards enable selected Duke students to pursue prestigious and competitive extracurricular educational, career-building, and networking opportunities.

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New Grant

The Ruth K. Broad Foundation recently created a new grant to honor long-time director, Ann Bussel.

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