Janice Virtue

Janice Virtue is a former executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity who had previously served 10 years as associate dean for continuing education at Duke Divinity School. In that position, she oversaw the creation and development of an array of pastoral learning programs, including the Royce & Jane Reynolds Program in Church Leadership, the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation and Courage to Serve. She has long experience with a variety of Lilly Endowment programs and with program design and delivery. Before coming to Duke, Virtue was director of Perkins relations at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, and continues to provide leadership training in several United Methodist conferences. She has a master of divinity from Perkins School of Theology and a master of business administration from Indiana University.