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Global Travel Advisory Committee

Duke's Global Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC) advises Duke leadership as to the safety and security of destinations around the globe.  GTAC is convened three times annually to review the Duke Restricted Regions List (RRL) in its entirety.  It also convenes when conditions warrant (i.e., when world events call for a review of a location) and/or when a petition for Undergraduate travel to a "Restricted-Safety/Security" region is received. 

The Global Travel Advisory Committee (GTAC) consists of faculty from every School and several Institutes (recommended by their Deans and Directors) as well as leaders of programs that conduct student travel.  All committee members are appointed by the Provost to serve 2-year terms, which are renewable if mutually agreed, and both committees advise the Provost on policy matters, travel destinations and other travel related issues.

Any member of the Duke Community, at any time, can request a review of a particular destination, or of their travel plans, for an assessment of the safety and security situation or to reconsider Duke's position. Requests and inquiries should be sent to the Travel Policy Administrator. Note: Asterisks (*) below indicate that the individual is a member of the GTAC Executive Committee.

Current Committee Members

  • Eric Mlyn*, Lecturer, Sanford School of Public Policy and Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Kenan Institute for Ethics (Chair)
  • Chris Boroski*, Director, Corporate Risk Management (Vice Chair)
  • Lisa Adams, Director of Counseling and Psychological Service (CAPS), Office of Student Affairs
  • Edna Andrews, Professor, Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies
  • Chris Beyrer, Director, Duke Global Health Institute
  • Richard Biever, Chief Information Security Officer
  • John Blackshear, Dean of Students
  • Dennis Clements, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Community and Family Medicine, Nursing and Global Health 
  • Eve Duffy, Associate Vice Provost, Global Affairs
  • Jennifer Francis, Executive Vice Provost
  • Anna Hayes, Director of Global Health & Safety, Office of Global Health and Safety< Office of Undergraduate Education
  • Amanda Kelso, Executive Director of the Global Education Office and Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
  • John Klingensmith, Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, the Graduate School
  • James Lambert, Director of Academic Advising, School of Law
  • Todd Mesibov, Sr. Associate Athletic Director, Compliance, Duke Athletics
  • Russ Morgan, Associate Dean for the Duke MBA—Daytime and MMS Foundations of Business and Professor of the Practice, Fuqua School of Business
  • Brendan Murphy, Director, Global Administrative Support
  • Bill Nicholson, Associate University Counsel, Office of General Counsel (ex officio member)
  • Ram Oren, Professor, Earth Systems Science, Nicholas School of the Environment
  • Christy Parrish*, Senior Manager, Global Administrative Policies and Procedures (Travel Policy Administrator)
  • Charlie Piot, Professor, Cultural Anthropology, African, African-American Studies and Faculty Director of DukeEngage (on leave Fall 2019)
  • Alma Tinoco Ruiz, Director, Hispanic House of Studies, Divinity
  • David Schaad, Professor of the Practice, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
  • Christopher Simmons, Associate Vice President for Public Affairs and Government Relations
  • Stephen W. Smith, Professor of the Practice, African, African-American Studies
  • Eleanor Stevenson, Clinical Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
  • Russell Thompson, Interim Vice President, Operations / Executive Director, Utilities & Engineering
  • David Toole, Associate Dean for Global Health Initiatives, Duke Divinity School and Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Instituate
  • Krishna Udayakumar, Director, Global Health Innovation Center; Associate Professor, Global Health and Medicine and Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Singapore
  • Daniel Vick, Director, Export Controls
  • Giovanni Zanalda, Associate Research Professor, SSRI, Economics, History and Director, Duke University Center for International Studies

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The COVID-19 Travel Subcommittee of GTAC was formed on July 1, 2020 per the Travel Policy's COVID-19 Addendum (now rescinded) and is comprised of members from the Global Travel Advisory Committee and other critical stakeholders.  This subcommittee was charged with providing feedback and support to "Top-level Managers" faced with deciding the safety and security of a destination proposed by travelers seeking exceptions to the suspension of travel at Duke due to COVID-19. 

COVID-19 Subcommittee

  • Eric Mlyn (Chair), Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Lecturer at Duke’s Sanford School for Public Policy
  • Ed Balleisen, Vice Provost, Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Chris Boroski, Director, Corporate Risk Management
  • Amanda Kelso, Director, Global Education
  • Bill Nicholson, Associate University Counsel (Non-voting observer/counsel to Cmtee)
  • Christy Parrish, Duke Travel Policy Administrator and Senior Manager of Global Administrative and Travel Support unit
  • Becky A. Smith, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON), Duke Antibiotic Stewardship Outreach Network (DASON), Duke University Medical Center
  • Matthew Stiegel, Director, Occupational and Environmental Safety Office, DUHS

Updated March 28, 2022