Ada Gregory
Associate Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Member of Staff
Ada Gregory is a leader in restorative practices, organizational ethics, and culture change, with more than 25 years of experience working across law enforcement, higher education, nonprofit leadership, and public policy. Her work focuses on how institutions build and sustain ethical cultures—particularly using restorative practices as teachable processes for managing relationships, strengthening accountability, and navigating complexity in organizational life.
She serves as Associate Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, where she helps lead the ReWork Lab, an initiative advancing research, training, and practice in restorative approaches to work and leadership. She also teaches courses on restorative practices and ethics, using dialogue-based methods to engage questions of difference, disagreement, and pluralism in university, community, and professional settings. As Duke’s Ombuds, she worked extensively with individuals and groups across the institution to address conflict and strengthen relational trust. Across her roles, Gregory’s work centers on translating ethical commitments into everyday practices that support more responsive, inclusive, and resilient organizations.
ada.gregory@duke.edu
919-660-2444
