Meet the Young Trustee Finalists

Finalists announced, in-person meetings to be held

Annie Cui, Drew Greene, Christopher Kilner, Rickard (Rich) Stureborg
Undergraduate Young Trustee candidates: Annie Cui, Drew Greene; Graduate and Professional Young Trustee candidates: Christopher Kilner, Rickard (Rich) Stureborg

All undergraduate and graduate & professional students are invited to attend their respective in-person meetings to meet the finalists for the Young Trustee positions and offer feedback.

Each year, two young trustees are selected: one from the undergraduate student body and the other from the graduate and professional student body. Like all members of the Duke University Board of Trustees, Young Trustees must demonstrate an ability to think broadly about the university, understand the role of the university in society, be curious about institutional issues facing Duke, and respect how universities are administered and governed.

Annie Cui and Drew Greene
Christopher Kilner and Rickard (Rich) Stureborg

The Undergraduate Young Trustee Finalists are as follows:

  • Annie Cui
  • Drew Greene

The Graduate/Professional Young Trustee Finalists are as follows:

  • Christopher Kilner
  • Rickard (Rich) Stureborg

For bios of the finalists, please go to https://trustees.duke.edu/young-trustee.

The Undergraduate Young Trustee Finalist meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 19, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. ET, in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room (Room 153), Rubenstein Library.

The Graduate/Professional Young Trustee Finalist meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 20, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. ET, in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room (Room 153), Rubenstein Library.

To register for your respective meeting and to submit questions for the finalists, please visit https://trustees.duke.edu/young-trustee.

Participants in the meetings will first hear from Secretary to the Board of Trustees Maggie Epps about the position. Then each finalist will have time to speak about their interest in becoming a Young Trustee. The majority of the time will be dedicated to a question-and-answer period with the finalists.

For those who are not able to attend in person, the meetings will be recorded and available on the Board of Trustees website until 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday, March 25. Students who attend the meeting or watch the recording can provide feedback on the finalists via a survey until 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, March 25. Only those students who attended the meeting or watched the recording will have their survey feedback considered. In order for a survey to be considered, the submitter must have attended or watched at least 90% of the meeting. The survey is not a vote, but rather feedback from students on the finalists for the nominating committees to consider in making their recommendations to the president.

Finally, those who attend their respective in-person meeting will be provided with pizza following the event. In addition, there will be a raffle for prizes. Only those students who attended the meeting or watched the recording (at least 90%) and submitted a survey will be eligible for the raffle.

We encourage all students to participate in this important process.

For more information, please visit https://trustees.duke.edu/young-trustee. If you have any questions, please email Secretary Epps at secretary@duke.edu.