Nicholas Institute Board of Advisors

William K. Reilly, Chair
Founding Partner, Aqua International Partners, LP
Senior Advisor, TPG Capital, LP
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Frances Beinecke
President, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Susan Bell
Vice President and Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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William Chameides, Ex Officio
Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
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Rev. Richard Cizik
Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation
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Marshall Field, V, Ex Officio
Chair, Old Mountain Company,
Chair, Nicholas School Board of Visitors
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Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
Chairman, DuPont
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Fred Krupp
President, Environmental Defense Fund
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N. J. Nicholas Jr.
Director, Boston Scientific Corporation, Xerox Corporation, and Time Warner Cable
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Peter M. “Pete” Nicholas
Co-Founder and Chairman, Boston Scientific Corporation
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Patrick F. Noonan
Chairman Emeritus, The Conservation Fund
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Cornelia Quennet-Thielen
State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Federal Republic of Germany
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William R. Rhodes
President and CEO, Citibank, N.A.
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Carter S. Roberts
President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund – United States
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James E. Rogers
Chairman, President, and CEO, Duke Energy
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William L. Rogers
Managing Director and Chair, The Halifax Group
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Virginia Sall
Co-Founder and Director, The Sall Family Foundation
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Joseph A. Stanislaw
Independent Senior Advisor, Deloitte & Touche
Founder, The JAStanislaw Group, LLC
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Jonathan B. Wiener, Ex Officio
Professor of Environmental Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment; William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor of Law, Duke Law School; and Professor of Public Policy Studies, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy; Duke University
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