Board Members
Amani Ahmed
Board of Directors
Amani Ahmed is a 1L JD Candidate at Harvard Law School (Class of 2023) from Princeton, New Jersey. She recently graduated from Duke University with a degree in visual and media studies (Class of 2019) and has experience as a student of the Center for Documentary Studies.
Abbas Benmamoun
Board of Directors
Abbas Benmamoun is Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Linguistics and Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement at Duke University, a position responsible for providing intellectual leadership, guidance, and oversight of university-wide strategies and programs to enhance faculty excellence. He oversees faculty development programs, including programs to recruit outstanding and diverse faculty and to partner with schools, departments, and centers to enhance faculty success at Duke and promote a climate that values and celebrates inclusive excellence.
Lois Deloatch
Board of Directors
Lois Deloatch has a nearly three-decade-long career in higher education, philanthropy, and the arts. After two decades as a fundraiser for Duke University, Deloatch served as vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement and executive director of the NCCU Foundation at North Carolina Central University.
Von Diaz
Board of Directors, Spring 2020 Lehman Brady Professor
Von Diaz is a writer, documentary producer, and author of Coconuts & Collards: Recipes and Stories from Puerto Rico to the Deep South. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, she explores food, culture, and identity, and currently teaches food studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Robert Fippinger
Board of Directors
Robert A. Fippinger is a resident of New York City and was a partner and senior counsel in the New York office of the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe until 2015.
Jonathan Jensen
Board of Directors
Jonathan Jensen has been a serial entrepreneur in media, real estate, and energy, and is currently trading commodities and managing an asset portfolio while taking time off to raise his two young sons with his wife, Amy.
Shambhavi Kaul
Board of Directors
Shambhavi Kaul is a filmmaker who has exhibited her work worldwide at venues including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlinale, The New York Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Edinburgh International
Peter Lange
Board of Directors, Chair
Peter Lange joined the Department of Political Science at Duke University in 1981 after a previous teaching position at Harvard University.
Barb Lee
Board of Directors
Barb Lee is the founder and President of both Point Made Films, a documentary film company that focuses on American identity, and Point Made Learning, a consulting company that, using the stories of Point Made
S. Charmaine McKissick-Melton
Board of Directors
S. Charmaine McKissick-Melton is associate professor and former interim chair in the Department of Mass Communication at North Carolina Central University, and a 2017–18 NCCU-Duke Digital Humanities Fellow.
Julie Morris
Board of Directors
Julie Morris is a longtime leader and advocate for the arts nationwide. Splitting her time between Raleigh and Los Angeles, she became involved with CDS and Full Frame in 2015 and is currently a member of the Full Frame Advisory Board.
Ted Segal
Board of Directors
Theodore D. Segal is a lawyer who has served as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. Throughout his career, Segal has been involved in pro bono legal activities and work on behalf of non-profit organizations.
Kevin A. Tolson
Board of Directors
Kevin A. Tolson works in brand marketing management for Unilever and is a graduate of the New York University Stern School of Business.
Karl von der Heyden
Board of Directors
Karl M. von der Heyden retired from PepsiCo, Inc., in 2001. He had rejoined the company in September 1996 as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer.
Angie Vorhies
Board of Directors
Angie Vorhies is a poet, documentarian, and co-founder of San Diego Roots, a nonprofit dedicated to educating, empowering, and cultivating sustainable local food communities.
Deborah Willis
Board of Directors; Fall 2000-Spring 2001 Lehman Brady Professor
Deborah Willis, Ph.D., is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has an affiliated appointment with the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, Africana Studies, where she teaches courses on photography and imaging, iconicity, and cultural histories visualizing the black body, women, and gender.