Duke Leadership Academy Scholars Profile

Rossi Evans
Title: Asst Dean and Assoc Director, Finance
Location:
Senior Management Area: School of Medicine
Class Year: 2025
Bio:
Rossi Evans is the Assistant Dean and Associate Director
for Finance and Data Analytics at the School of Medicine
(SoM). She oversees the management, operations,
reporting, and analysis of the School's strategic
reserves for the Executive Vice President of Health
Affairs and the Dean of SoM. Rossi also leads the data
analytics function, focusing on building data
repositories, models, and benchmark dashboards for SoM
leadership and departments.
Rossi has been with Duke University for twenty years. In
her current role, she interacts with SoM leadership, all
SoM administrative offices and departments, as well as
key University financial and research stakeholders.
Before joining Duke in 2005, she was an Adjunct Professor
of Economics at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.
Rossi holds an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Burgas
University, Bulgaria, and an M.S. in Chemistry from
Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Ohio. She also
studied finance and economics at the University of
Bridgeport, Connecticut.