Durham, NC - The Faculty Handbook requires regular reviews of senior administrators of the university through a committee that conducts a performance review and submits a confidential report to the president. Typically these performance assessments occur in the fourth year of the administrator's five year term.

Such a committee has been appointed by President Richard H. Brodhead to review Executive Vice President Tallman Trask III, who has served in his post since 1995. Greg Jones, Dean of the Divinity School, will serve as committee chair. Other members of the committee include: Asif Ahmad (Health System), Jack Bovender (Trustee), Deborah Demott (Law), David Hsieh (Fuqua), Rob Jackson (Nicholas School), Deborah Jakubs (Library), Nan Jokerst (Engineering), Benjamin Reese (Institutional Equity) and Kerry Watson (Durham Regional).

An important part of the review process is the gathering of input from the university's many constituencies. Comments on performance and suggestions for the future are important to the committee's work. The committee invites you to share your thoughts by email or letter, or communicate orally to any committee member.

Communication should include the nature of your interactions with Trask to understand the context of your comments as fully as possible. The committee will discuss responses and a summary will be included in the written report to the president. All communications will be kept in confidence by the committee.

The committee would appreciate receiving your thoughts by November 15.

Greg Jones, Chair 

Trask Review Committee

Box 90030

Durham, North Carolina 27708

admin-review@duke.edu