Vincent Price (Board Chair, ex officio)

Member of Advisory Board

Vincent Price (chair, ex officio) is President of Duke University and the Walter Hines Page Professor of Public Policy and Political Science. A leading global expert on public opinion, social influence, and political communication, he came to Duke in 2017. Price’s strategic vision for the university’s future focuses on five core principles: empowering people, transforming education, building community, forging partnerships, and engaging a global network. He has also overseen initiatives including continued strategic advancement of the arts; investing in Duke science and technology; launching a university-wide, impact-oriented approach to addressing climate change; implementing next-generation residential programs; advancing a comprehensive commitment to opportunity, access, and belonging; and broadening and deepening engagement in Durham and the region.

Price previously served as Provost of the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Price and his wife, Annette, are the parents of two adult children and can often be found walking their dogs on campus.