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 DukeMed Alumni News
Fall 2007
In Brief:
MAA's Luken Promoted to New Role
Ellen Luken, who has led Medical Alumni Affairs since 1995, has been promoted to a new role, senior executive director of operations.
She will be responsible for improving the infrastructure supporting the entire Development and Alumni Affairs program, including finance, human resources, information technology, data management, development research, donor relations, special events, communications, and direct mail procurement. In addition, she will continue as president of the Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation, Inc., a Duke University corporation that supports biomedical research and training of neuroscientists.
The change, along with several others in Development and Alumni Affairs, headed by Vice President Michael Morsberger, is intended to better position the organization for a major new capital campaign. Alumni programs and alumni fundraising will be combined under a single director, a newly created position of executive director for School of Medicine Development and Alumni Affairs.
Luken has led a number of efforts to advance alumni engagement and visibility, including managing the Alumni Association's strategic planning effort, which established the current operating goals. New initiatives during her tenure include the creation of Duke Med Alumni News; web sites for the Medical Alumni Association and Duke Medicine Development; DukeMed Messenger, an alumni electronic news bulletin; a minority outreach project; the planning, fund-raising, and creation of the Medical Alumni Association Fitness Center for DUMC House Staff and Students; the Business of Medicine Program for House Staff; the Alumni Teachers, Alumni-Student Link, and HOST programs; the commission and dedication of a memorial honoring Duke's WWII 65th General Hospital, and expansion of Medical Alumni Weekend programming.
Luken will continue to manage Medical Alumni Affairs until the new position is filled.
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