Margolis Family Foundation Gives $10 Million to Advance Health Policy Across U.S., World

The Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation gift to Duke University will leverage and extend the work of the Margolis Center for Health Policy.

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Medearis to Retire as VP of Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs

Ellen MedearisAfter 29 years of service to Duke, Ellen Medearis, vice president of Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs, will retire effective January 5, 2024.

Since Medearis assumed the role of vice president in 2011, the Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs office has grown, as has its impact on the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System. Under her decade-plus as vice president, the Duke Health development team has secured $1.3 billion in philanthropic support.

Medearis joined the Duke University School of Medicine Development Office in 1994, then served in the University Development Office from 1996-2010. During that time, she established the university’s first comprehensive $1 million-plus gift program.

Duke Health will conduct a national search for Medearis’s successor in this pivotal role and will engage a search firm to begin work immediately. 

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Every gift to Duke Health supports the advancement of research and discovery to improve the health of our global community. We are fortunate to receive donations of all sizes as well as transformative donations made by alumni and friends, which we highlight here.

 

Thank you for your continuous support to Duke Health.

 

$2.1 Million Gift is Latest in the Mario Family's Contributions to Innovation in Education and Health Care

Mario Family Foundation Gift imageErnest Mario, PhD, and his family, through the Mario Family Foundation, recently made an important new gift that builds upon their past support and will nurture innovation in health care and patient experience for years to come.

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