Finance and Administration Senior Leadership

As the associate vice provost for finance and administration, Paige Burton provides administrative oversight, direction and coordination of operational budgets, financial planning, and organizational and business matters for schools, departments, programs and activities under the Provost Office.  She works closely with senior administrators, both academic and financial, to ensure compliance with budgets and operational plans.  
Prior to joining Duke in 2020, Paige served as the executive director for budget, planning and analysis at UNC Chapel Hill for five years following a 20-year career in private industry financial planning and analysis roles in banking.  She received a Masters of Business Administration from University North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing from University of Richmond.   

Scott Franklin Associate Vice Provost for Financial Systems and Analysis for the Office of the Provost in the Finance and Administration Group. He is the liaison with University Endowment/Investment Accounting and Treasury Offices, University Development and University Budget Office and with Provost Administration Management Center on behalf of Schools and Academic Support units. Scott prepares the cost allocation study to schools and designs and develops financial models and reports that contribute to the financial planning efforts of the Provost’s Office. Before joining the Office of the Provost in 2004, Scott worked with physician practices plans at Duke and UNC for 14 years. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

David Smithwick is Associate Vice Provost for Human Resources.  The appointment marks a return to Duke for Smithwick, who began his Duke career in 2008 as Chief Human Resources Officer of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. In 2013, he was named Duke’s Assistant Vice President, Human Resources with primary responsibilities for Compensation/Rewards and Recognition. 

Smithwick, with more than thirty years of human resources (HR) experience, was the Director for Compensation and Classification at Auburn University in Alabama prior to returning to Duke.

In his current role, Smithwick serves as the senior HR leader for the Provost Area Management Center (PAMC), overseeing HR support for more than 6,000 faculty and staff across Duke’s schools and academic units. He leads the development and implementation of a best practices approach to HR support, oversight and professional development which embraces Duke’s commitment to its employees and their careers.  In addition, he works with the administrative offices, directors and deans to ensure compliance with established HR policies and procedures. Dave leads a team of HR professionals who support a number of diverse academic support units and university-wide institutes, initiatives, and centers.  Dave also establishes strong partnerships with PAMC stakeholders, including Duke’s central HR office.

Prior to 2008, Smithwick held HR leadership positions at Diamond Healthcare Corporation in Richmond, VA; Magellan Health Services in Atlanta, GA; and Texaco Inc. (now Chevron Corporation) in White Plains, NY.

Smithwick holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Lynchburg, and a master’s degree in industrial psychology from Long Island University, as well as the designation of Senior Certified Professional from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM).