Joanna recently joined the Career and Professional Development Center as the Recruiting Coordinator. She received her M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in Student Affairs from North Carolina State University. She previously worked as a graduate assistant in Duke's Office of Assessment and Professional Development Programs and has also interned at the Duke University Career Center. Joanna received her B.A. in Spanish with a minor in Music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kelly is responsible for maintaining Career Center financial records. In addition, she tracks various information critical to the Career Center's success. She also assists the recruiting director with various Duke Law School recruiting programs, such as Spring and Fall OCI. Kelly attended Vanderbilt University and William Smith College. She graduated with a B.A. in Economics. She moved here from Upstate New York with her husband and son in 2006.

A graduate of Wake Forest University and Duke University School of Law, Alan began his legal career serving as a law clerk to The Honorable Susan Harrell-Black on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Following his clerkship, Alan joined the litigation department of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. in Charlotte, North Carolina, focusing primarily on business and labor disputes, and later associated with Comerford & Britt, LLP, one of the region's preeminent plaintiff's firms. Immediately prior to returning to Duke, Alan served as in-house counsel to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, currently the 94th largest school district in the nation.

After an eclectic legal career spanning three decades and millions of airline miles, Judy has settled into the Office as the Director of Clerkship Programs. Judy graduated from Duke and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She began her legal career in the US Department of Justice, and served as a Special Assistant to two Attorneys General, focusing on international matters, civil rights and judicial selection. After seven years at Dickstein Shapiro where she represented the Government of Abu Dhabi in the BCCI case and counseled numerous corporate clients in their international expansion, Judy became the International Counsel for Herbalife. In that capacity she oversaw the company's growth into a multi-billion dollar company doing business in more than 60 countries. While living abroad on behalf of Herbalife, Judy worked with law firms throughout the world. For the last seven years she has counseled small to mid-sized companies on strategic growth and international expansion. She is proficient in French and Italian.

Sonya works with students and alumni, especially those interested in private practice.  Sonya earned her B.A. at St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD with a joint major in Philosophy and History of Math and Science.  After traveling in Italy for a time, Sonya moved to Brooklyn and attended law school at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan.  While in New York, Sonya also worked for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration investigating corporations for violations of ERISA.  Five years ago, she moved to North Carolina where she began to practice civil litigation at a small firm in Cary. Her practice focused on civil rights violations and violations of North Carolina’s Unfair Trade and Deceptive Practices statute.