Contact Us

Mailing Address
The Divinity School
Box 90966
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708

Phone (919) 660-3456

Fax (919) 660-3405

E-mail crush@div.duke.edu

Wes Brown
Associate Dean, External Relations

Wes is a United Methodist minister who served parishes in the North Carolina Conference for five years prior to his appointment in 1981 to Duke Divinity School as director of development and alumni programs. He holds degrees from Methodist College (BA and honorary DD) and Duke Divinity School (MDiv). Wes serves on the board of trustees for the Alban Institute in Washington, D.C., and the advisory board for theDuke Institute on Care at the End of Life. He is a former member of the Methodist Home for Children board, and he works frequently with committees of the Association of Theological Schools and with the Boy Scouts in Durham. Wes is married to Jane Brown, a registered nurse, and they are the parents of two sons. Wes and Jane are members of Epworth United Methodist Church in Durham.

Jami Moss Wise
Director of Development

Jami graduated from Duke in 1987 with a B.A. in English and German. Before returning to Durham, she served as the director of annual giving at Columbia Theological Seminary for five years. She earned her Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999 and taught English at both Wisconsin and Georgia Tech. At Duke she was active in the Wesley Fellowship, where she still volunteers. She is an occasional food writer and an ordained elder the Presbyterian Church (USA), along with her husband, Fred Wise. Fred is an artist and a minister in the PC (USA). They married in December 2006 and enjoy reading and watching the antics of their cats.

Robin Fowler
Associate Director of Development

Robin is a former Latin instructor and insurance industry sales trainer. For five years prior to her appointment in 2007 to Duke Divinity School as associate director of development, she worked in medical center development in the office of foundation relations. She holds degrees from Southwestern University (BA) and Yale Divinity School (MDiv). Robin serves on the Parent Advisory Board for the Duke Hospital Intensive Care Nursery, in various capacities at Christ Church, Raleigh, and as a Mentor in Sewanee’s theological education extension program, Education for Ministry. Robin is married to Brad Fowler, Assistant Administrator of the North Carolina Guardian ad Litem Program, and they are the parents of one son. Robin and Brad are members of Christ Episcopal Church in Raleigh.

Erin Collins
Development Officer and Youth Academy Development Coordinator

Erin hails from Garden City, Kan. She earned her BA at the University of Kansas and relocated to North Carolina in the summer of 2006. Erin is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. She continues to cheer on the KU Jayhawks from a distance and also serves as an alumni advisor to Duke’s Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. In her spare time, Erin enjoys volleyball, running and playing piano.

Carol Rush
Staff Assistant

Carol earned a BA from East Carolina University, majoring in music and minoring in French, participating in an exchange program for one semester in Grenoble, France. She spent two years in Thailand as a missionary journeyman. She began working at Duke Divinity School in 1990 and met her husband, Milton, through a Divinity colleague. She has two children, Megan and Thomas, and is a member of the worship arts team at her church, St. Mark’s, in Mebane.