Apple CEO Tim Cook is among eight people named as trustees to the Duke University Board of Trustees.
In addition to cook, the new trustees are the Coca-Cola Foundation Chairwoman Lisa Borders, PRM Advisors founder Patricia Morton, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and ValueAct Capital CEO Jeff Ubben. They will each serve six-year terms.
Additionally, three observing members also joined the board — Jack Boyd, Trinity ’85; recent Duke graduate Anna Knight and Ben Shellhorn, a JD/MBA candidate at Duke. As the university’s governing body, the Board of Trustees is responsible for the school’s educational mission and fiscal policies. There are 37 members on the board.