The Duke Gardens Board of Advisors provides advice and assistance to the Director of the Gardens and serves as an advocate for the Gardens to all constituencies.
As trusted voluntary advisors, the Board works to ensure that Duke Gardens remains strategically focused and philanthropically successful.
Board of Advisors 2025-26
Susan Donahue Brooks
A.B.’02
Bernardsville, NJ
(chair)
Neeti Bathala
M.E.M.’95
Haddonfield, NJ
Eunice Burnett
P’17, P’20, P’24
Greenwich, CT
Richard Chen
B.S.’21
New York, NY
Christina Mei Ting Chia
Ph.D.’04
Durham, NC
Page Boyette Curtin
P’26
Charlotte, NC
Elizabeth Loyd Gorman
A.B.’88, P’25, P’27
Edina, MN
Alyssa Hassel James
A.B.’08
Austin, TX
Sarah S. Johnson
A.B.’98
Amagansett/New York, NY
Jamie Reiffel Kefer
A.B.’94, P’25
Scarsdale, NY
Consuelo Levy
A.B.’12
Miami, FL
Robyn Levy
A.B.’84, P’21, P’27
Westport, CT
(vice chair)
Hunter McGhee
A.B.’18
Atlanta, GA
Christopher Warren Meyer
Bethesda, MD
Christine S. Pearson
B.S.N.’84, P’15, P’18
New Vernon, NJ
Annette N. Price
Durham, NC
Jim Reiffel
A.B.’65, P’94, GP’25
Jupiter, FL
Maureen Rhodes
P’19
Wilmington, DE
Phyllis Scholl Thomas
A.B.’73
Chapel Hill, NC
Cynthia A. Tribull
P’18, P’20
Beverly Hills, CA
Sterly Wilder
A.B.’83
Durham, NC
Ashley Gerstenfeld Wiltshire
A.B.’94, M.B.A.’99
Chevy Chase, MD
CT Woods-Powell
Durham, NC
Honorary member
Mary D.T. Jones
A.B.’63, P’91, P’95
Pittsboro, NC
Members emeriti
Ellen Adams
A.B.’62, P’97, GP’22, GP’26
Durham, NC
Anne Micheaux Akwari
H.S.’79, J.D.’95
Durham, NC
Sydney Baird Bath
A.B.’85
Bethesda, MD
Cynthia Brodhead
Guilford, CT
Alice Kirby Horton
Durham, NC
Carson Dowd Howard
A.B.’76, P’06, P’09, P’11
Durham, NC
Jeff Howard
A.B.’76, P’06, P’09, P’11
Durham, NC
The Duke Gardens Board of Advisors provides advice and assistance to the Director of the Gardens and serves as an advocate for the Gardens to all constituencies.
As trusted voluntary advisors, the Board works to ensure that Duke Gardens remains strategically focused and philanthropically successful.
Board of Advisors 2024-25
Susan Donahue Brooks
T’02
Bernardsville, NJ
(chair)
Sydney Baird Bath
T’85
Bethesda, MD
(immediate past chair)
Neeti Bathala
MEM’95
Haddonfield, NJ
Eunice Burnett
P’17, P’20, P’24
Greenwich, CT
Richard Chen
T’21
New York, NY
Christina Mei Ting Chia
G’04
Durham, NC
Jane Fredericks Gilmore
G’80, P’14
Durham, NC
Elizabeth Loyd Gorman
T’88, P’25, P’27
Edina, MN
Alyssa Hassel James
T’08
Austin, TX
Sarah S. Johnson
T’98
Amagansett/New York, NY
Jamie Joy Reiffel Kefer
T’94, P’25
Scarsdale, NY
Robyn Levy
T’84, P’21, P’27
Westport, CT
(vice chair)
Christopher Warren Meyer
Bethesda, MD
Annette N. Price
Durham, NC
Jim Reiffel
T’65, P’94, GP’25
Jupiter FL
Maureen Rhodes
P’19
Wilmington, DE
Phyllis Scholl Thomas
T’73
Chapel Hill, NC
Cynthia A. Tribull
P’18, P’20
Beverly Hills, CA
Sterly Wilder
T’84
Durham, NC
Ashley Gerstenfeld Wiltshire
T’94, B’99
Chevy Chase, MD
CT Woods-Powell
Durham, NC
Honorary member
Mary D.T. Jones
T’63, P’91, P’95
Abingdon, VA
Members emeriti
Ellen Adams
T’62, P’97, GP’21, GP’26
Durham, NC
Anne Micheaux Akwari, MD, JD
H’79, L’95
Durham, NC
Alice Kirby Horton
Durham, NC
Carson Dowd Howard
T’76, P’06, P’09, P’11
Durham, NC
Jeff Howard
T’76, P’06, P’09, P’11
Durham, NC