Nature & Nurture | Giving

Couple Gives Record Annual Fund Gift

The Nicholas School Annual Fund received the largest gift in its history this fiscal year. Brad Stanback and Shelli Lodge-Stanback of Canton, N.C., have made a $100,000 contribution.

The Stanback family is well known in North Carolina for its commitment to the state’s environment, and Brad Stanback has continued that legacy. After graduating from Duke in 1981 with a bachelor of arts in economics, he received his master’s of business administration from New York University and now devotes his time and resources to those organizations he believed would most benefit the people and environment of North Carolina.

Stanback is on the Southern Environmental Law Center president’s council and the American Chestnut Foundation’s board of directors, and is a member of the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association. An American chestnut grower under TACF’s program to re-establish the species, he is involved in wildlands conservation and ecological restoration, primarily in the southern Appalachian region. Nicholas School Annual Fund contributions help provide financial aid for students, upgrades to educational technology and laboratory equipment, and support for educational enhancements such as student research, visiting lecturers and field trips. To find out more, contact Krista Bofill, Nicholas School Office of External Affairs, 919-613-8003 or k.bofill@duke.edu.