Search Committee Named for Next Dean of Fuqua School of Business

Provost Alec D. Gallimore has appointed a committee to lead the search for Duke University’s next dean of the Fuqua School of Business.

The new dean will succeed Bill Boulding, who served as Fuqua’s dean from 2011 to 2024 and continues as the J.B. Fuqua Professor of Business Administration. Mary Frances Luce, the Robert A. Ingram Professor of Business Administration, has served as interim dean since August 1, 2024.

The search committee will be co-chaired by Fuqua School of Business faculty Fernando Bernstein, William and Sue Gross Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and David Robinson, James and Gail Vander Weide Distinguished Professor of Finance. Other members of the committee are:

Wilfred Amaldoss, Thomas A. Finch Jr. Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua
James Anton, Wesley A. Magat Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua
Gary Bennett, Dean, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Global Health and Medicine
David Brown, Snow Family Business Distinguished Professor, Fuqua School of Business
Wesley Cohen, The Snow Family Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua
Gráinne Fitzsimons, George C. Lamb, Jr. University Distinguished Professor, Fuqua
Tom Kosempa, Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Relations, Fuqua
Kate Lyons, Chair, Board of Visitors, Fuqua
Bill Mayew, Martin L. Black, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua
Lauren O'Brien, Daytime MBA Student

The provost will charge the committee with conducting a thorough search to identify a diverse pool of candidates for the position. Executive search firm Spencer Stuart will support the committee.

The search committee invites candidate nominations and comments about the position via email to DukeFuquaDean@SpencerStuart.com. All submissions will be considered confidential.