The Emily K Center is supported and guided by a strong board of directors and a team of experienced strategic advisors who bring years of entrepreneurial and organization-building experience to bear on our work.

Executive Board of Directors

Mike Krzyzewski, Chair and Founder
Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Duke University

Tom White, Vice Chair
Director, Economic Development Partnership for the Office of Engagement, and Economic Development at North Carolina State University

Rick Brown, Treasurer
Senior Vice President
Bank of America

Pat Phillips, Secretary
CEO & President
SNP, Inc.

Dorothy Brower Brokaw
Assistant to the President
Durham Technical Community College

Mike Cragg
Associate Director of Athletics
Duke University Basketball/
Legacy Fund Director

Rob Gasparello, Ex Officio
Principal
Immaculata Catholic School

Dan McLellan, Ex Officio
Pastor
Immaculate Conception Parish

Dr. Gerry Musante
CEO & Founder
Structure House

Marleah Rogers
CEO & President
Emily Krzyzewski Center

Debbie K. Savarino
Duke University Basketball
External Relations

Strategic Advisors:

Beth Anderson
Vice President,
National Foundation Relations
Teach For America

Brad Brinegar
President & CEO
MCKINNEY

James Dahl
Chairman 
Rock Creek Advisors

Mary Kay Delaney
Department Chair
Department of Education
Meredith College

Ross Deutsch
Chairman and Founder
Rory David Deutsch Foundation

C. Steven Duncker
Chairman
New York Racing Association

Andrew Foster, J.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Director Community Enterprise Clinic
Duke University

Joe Freddoso
President & CEO
MCNC

Joe Gugliotti
Managing Member
The Worx Group

Mike Hemmerich
Associate Dean for The Duke MBA-Daytime
The Fuqua School of Business
Duke University

Dr. E. Wayne Holden, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Social and Statistical Sciences
RTI International

Robert Ingram
Vice Chairman, Pharmaceuticals
GlaxoSmithKline

Barbara Jentleson, Ph.D.
Director, Project HOPE
Duke University

Richard Jenkins, J.D.
Member
Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt PA

Billy King
President
Philadelphia 76ers

Lance Klima
Senior Managing Director
The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.

Mickie Krzyzewski

Diana Nelson
Managing Partner and Founder
Nelson Partners

Michael Palmer
Assistant Vice President for Community Affairs
Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership

Blair Sheppard, Dean
The Fuqua School of Business
Duke University

Donna-Marie Winn, Ph.D.
Investigator, FPG Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina