Duke Leadership Academy Scholars Profile

Doreen Matters

Title: Program Director
Location:
Senior Management Area: School of Nursing
Class Year: 2019

Bio:
Doreen joined the Duke Elder/Family Caregiver Training Center (DEFT) in August 2016. She comes to the Center after twelve years at the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI), where she served as the director of annual fund and board relations before accepting the position of administrator of external relations for the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program in 2011. While at DCI she had the privilege to work with inter-professional teams, program benefactors and most importantly, and most rewarding, patients and families. At the DEFT Center, Doreen provides leadership in the strategic development, implementation, management and evaluation of all operational, communication and marketing processes. She provides budgetary oversight and acts as the DEFT Center's advisory board liaison. Her commitment to the mission of the DEFT Center is due in part to her experience for nine years as a caregiver to her mother, who lost her battle with Alzheimer's Disease in 2015.