Daniel G. Ennis Reappointed to Second Term as Executive Vice President

Daniel Ennis

Daniel G. Ennis has been reappointed to a second term as Duke University’s executive vice president, President Vincent E. Price announced this week.

His reappointment follows a regular review conducted by a committee composed of academic leaders, faculty, and a representative of the Board of Trustees. The review committee was chaired by Erika Weinthal, the John O. Blackburn Distinguished Professor of Environmental Policy. Ennis’ new term will begin December 1, 2025.

“Daniel has steered the university’s financial and administrative operations with exceptional skill and commitment to our academic mission,” said Price. “He has overseen the development of new models for long-term financial planning and campus renewal that will serve as essential foundations for excellence in Duke’s second century, and I look forward to our continued work together in his second term.”

As executive vice president, Ennis serves as the university’s chief financial and operating officer and is responsible for campus and business services, facilities, finance, human resources, information technology, and public safety. He also shares oversight of student affairs, climate and sustainability, and the university's economic development programs. As one of the university’s senior executive officers, Ennis works closely with the president, university and health system boards, and academic and administrative leaders in service of the core missions of the university.

Since joining Duke in 2020, Ennis has been responsible for advancing strategic priorities including: 

  • Strengthening the university’s operating performance, while assuring resource allocation for academic and institutional priorities, and long-range financial planning;
  • Building the university’s balance sheet and shifting the university’s capital investment focus to campus facility renewal and modernization;
  • Advancing the strategic and financial turnaround of the health system; 
  • Improving financial transparency and engagement within the Duke community; and 
  • Building a mission-connected and client service-oriented administrative leadership team.

Ennis has more than two decades of experience in university leadership. Prior to arriving at Duke, he served as senior vice president for finance and administration at Johns Hopkins University and the executive dean for administration at Harvard Medical School. 

Ennis began his career as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs & Company in New York City and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in its Boston office.

Ennis earned his undergraduate degree from Boston College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, was selected as Chief Marshall of the Order of the Cross and Crown (the student selected for this honor delivers the graduation address to the College of Arts & Sciences), and won the William J. Kenealy, S.J. Award for distinction in both academics and social concern. He was also awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Ennis earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.