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Officers & Board of Directors

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.

 

Officers

Chair
Geeta Swamy, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Executive Director and President
Erica Kitchen
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Vice President
Deborah Lea Bussel
Bussel Philanthropy Associates
Miami, FL

Treasurer
John Bussel
Hewins Financial Advisors
Bay Harbor Islands, FL

Secretary
Cathleen Durgin
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Assistant Treasurer
Barbara Hough
Duke University
Durham, NC

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

Colin Duckett, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Stephen Lisberger, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

James O. McNamara, Sr., MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Richard O’Brien, MD, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Moira Rynn, MD
Duke University
Durham, NC

Michael C. Sholtz
Duke University
Durham, NC

Geeta Swamy, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Heather Whitson, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC


Directors Emeriti

Ann B. Bussel
Bay Harbor Islands, FL

Ellen R. Luken
Durham, NC

Ralph McCaughan, LLB
Duke University
Durham, NC

Ralph Snyderman, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Application Deadlines

In the 2024-2025 fiscal year, RFAs will be accepted for the Broad Research Award for Graduate Students, Fellowship Award for Postdoctoral Fellows, Human Brain Models Research Award at Duke, and the Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation Extramural Grant. Applications will go live in October 2024 and are due by midnight February 1, 2025.

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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