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Through the Duke Women’s Impact Network (WIN), we’ll engage more women in volunteer and philanthropic leadership positions, making Duke a stronger university than ever before.
My parents taught me that when you believe in something or somebody you give whatever you can—mind, body, and soul (and wallet if possible)—in support.
I hope we continue to inspire the next generation of critical thinkers, life-time learners, and visionary leaders to use their strengths to contribute to society.
My greatest hope for Duke is that it continues to be a University where the students are able to explore their imaginations and intellect; express their concerns about the ever-changing world around them; and conquer their fears, misgivings, and shortcomings so that they continue progressing and looking forward.
At Duke, as in much of higher education, women have not gained equal footing with men in influential volunteer leadership positions and as high-impact philanthropists.
We can’t harness our full potential without the rich perspectives, diverse skills, and financial resources women bring to the table.
WIN offers membership to women who have given $100k+ in cumulative lifetime giving. WIN members’ experiences and perspectives will help Duke develop meaningful, high-impact philanthropy and leadership opportunities for current and prospective WIN members.
Duke Women's Impact Network: Danielle Squires '02 is a member of the DukeWIN Leadership Council, president of Duke Black Alumni, and a member of Duke Proceed.
Women’s growing social, professional, and economic power is rapidly changing the world. As leaders, their management styles are producing higher performance metrics. As household breadwinners and purchasing decision-makers, they are becoming powerful philanthropists.
Women are essential to Duke’s leadership, both strategically and financially. WIN members will help Duke achieve three interconnected and complementary goals:
An Internal Steering Committee made up of senior administrators and faculty members from across the university and a Leadership Council consisting of current alumnae leaders and donors are responsible for leading the wider alumnae network.
WIN has the support of President Vincent E. Price; the Board of Trustees; senior administrators and faculty members from across Duke’s undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools; Student Affairs; Duke Libraries; the Duke Alumni Association; and many other campus partners.
WIN offers membership to alumnae and current non-alumnae parents who have given $100k+ in cumulative lifetime giving. Undergraduate women qualify for young alumnae membership by giving $25k+ by their 10th reunion and $50k+ by their 15th reunion. Young alumnae are encouraged to cross the $100k threshold by their 20th reunion to remain WIN members.
To join WIN, make a gift, or learn more, contact:
Bridget Booher ’82, A.M. ’92
Director, Duke Women’s Impact Network
bridget.booher@duke.edu
(919) 613-9656
Congratulations to our newest Duke WIN Scholars! Rising juniors Lilliana Reyes Gaspar and Treniyyah Anderson have been selected to join rising seniors Idalis French and Katie Taylor as WIN Scholars. These young women are selected by Duke’s Financial Aid Office with an eye toward selecting young women who demonstrate leadership qualities that can be further encouraged and cultivated through contact with the WIN community. Meet the WIN Scholars.
Join us in growing the WIN Scholarship Endowment to support Duke's next generation of women leaders by making a secure gift.
Lilliana Reyes Gaspar ’20 is a sophomore from Austin, Texas, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy. While at Duke, she has worked with The Chronicle as a photographer, tutored 5th graders through Partners for Success, participated in Duke Women’s Launch and is an office assistant for the Office of Access and Outreach. In addition, she is a member of Define American, an organization that seeks to shift the conversation about immigrants, identity and citizens in the Duke/Durham community, where she helped co-produce a video for their “Undocumented Awareness Week” on campus. Once she graduates, Lilli plans to attend law school to pursue a J.D. and become a lawyer.
Treniyyah Anderson ’20 is a first-generation college student from Philadelphia. In her words, “I was raised in a single parent household to a mother who spent most of her time working and caring for others as a nursing assistant. While helping maintain a stable household with my mom working, I persevered throughout middle school and high school in hopes of being an outlier within my community and go to college. Since I have arrived at Duke, I struggled with finding my true aspiration and career in health seeing that I didn’t want to follow the pre-med track. Yet after studying global health issues in South Africa, I realized that my passion in life is to offer a helping hand through meaningful relationships. As candidly simple as my passion seem, I still want to pursue medicine, but more holistically—just like my mother. Delving deep into research, and staying true to compassion, medicine, and social interaction, I chose to study Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Global Health while focusing on the prerequisites for nursing. My family and Philadelphia shaped me into the strong, trailblazing individual that I am today with a heart for helping people. I am grateful for being the individual who left behind my past for the brighter future. Once I graduate, I hope to go to graduate nursing school to get my secondary bachelor’s degree and work my way up to a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.”
Idalis French ’19 is from Memphis, Tennessee and is pursuing a degree in psychology with a certificate in ethics. Idalis coordinates a mentorship program called The Girls’ Club, which pairs Duke undergraduate women with Durham middle-school aged girls. She is a dancer for United in Praise, a creative writer for The Bridge and an office assistant for the Office of Access and Outreach. While at Duke, Idalis traveled to Costa Rica and Jordan, and has interviewed Syrian and Iraqi refugees. She plans to pursue a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) and direct her own therapy practice.
Katie Taylor ’19 is from Monticello, Arkansas studying mathematics and education. She works with the Academic Resource Center and serves as a Peer Advisor through the Academic Advising Center. Katie is a first-generation mentor through the office of Access and Outreach and a Women in Math Mentor through the Duke Mathematics department. Katie plans to pursue a Ph.D in Mathematics Education after Duke.
Support the WIN Scholarship Endowment Fund to award need-based financial aid to undergraduate women leaders at Duke. By contributing a gift of any amount, you can help young women become tomorrow’s Duke Trustees, board chairs, high-impact philanthropists and change agents in an ever-changing world.
