Alumni Awards

2025 Distinguished Alumni Award honoree Brooke Hartley Moy ’07 is CEO and co-founder of Infactory, an AI platform for businesses and developers that depend on accuracy. She is a seasoned leader in business development and strategic partnerships, with a career that spans pivotal roles at Google, Slack, Humane and other tech giants.

Moy holds an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, earned on a full-merit scholarship for female leadership. At Infactory, her leadership is instrumental in steering the company’s strategic direction. Moy's groundbreaking foray into AI — particularly as a female leader — has been featured on CNBC, Beyond the Valley, Fortune and myriad other news platforms.

Since founding Infactory in June 2024, Moy has given a keynote presentation at the prestigious Web Summit in Lisbon, presented at the UC Berkeley Hackathon, and was one of just 10 AI Founders (out of 700+ applications) selected to give an on-stage pitch at the renowned TechCrunch Disrupt AI event.

2025 Faculty and Staff Legacy Award recipients Steve and Teresa Engebretsen have devoted a combined 88 years of service to Durham Academy. This dedication stems from the many roles they have held over the last five decades at the school — among them, as athletic director and Middle School French teacher — but their commitment to the Durham Academy family extends far beyond these official roles. The parents of two DA alumni — Jake '06 and Grant '11 — the Engebretsens are part of the fabric of Durham Academy for countless students, families and alumni. 

Steve Engebretsen served as Durham Academy's director of athletics from 1991–2019 and coached varsity boys basketball for 14 years and varsity softball for 11 years. He also taught physical education in the Lower, Middle and Upper School divisions and served as assistant athletic director and an Upper School advisor over the course of his 43-year career at DA. His accolades include NC Soccer Coaches Association Athletic Director of the Year in 2013; US Lacrosse North Carolina High School Man of the Year in 2014; DA Athletic Hall of Fame inductee in 2015; the NCISAA Chuck Carter Athletic Director Award in 2018; and being the namesake of the Steve Engebretsen Athletic Leadership Award, which was created in 2019.

Teresa Engebretsen has taught Middle School French since 1980. During that time, she also served as academic leader for the Middle School world languages department; as a seventh and eighth grade advisor; as seventh grade team leader; as Middle School registrar; as a JV and varsity softball coach; and developer of the Phenomenon of Language class for new DA Middle School students. Teresa coordinated the seventh grade trip to Washington, D.C., for many years and — perhaps most famously — led annual student trips to France beginning in 1987. She was honored with DA's Hershey Distinguished Faculty Award in 2013.

2024 Alumni Service Award recipient Derek Rhodes ’11 is a business strategist, community leader, social entrepreneur, author and captivating keynote speaker. With a career spanning Microsoft, the Miami HEAT, the Obama Foundation, the White House and Google, Rhodes has amassed deep expertise in helping businesses engage with their local communities.

A graduate of Duke University with a degree in Public Policy Studies, Rhodes’ journey began with internships at the U.S. Department of Justice and the White House. His determination caught the attention of none other than President Barack Obama, who publicly recognized Rhodes at a press briefing in 2015. Three years later, as part of the Obama Foundation in 2018, Derek managed the distribution of over $1 million in grant funding to nonprofit organizations serving young people across the country, leading the My Brother's Keeper Alliance.

Driven by a passion for empowering historically underestimated youth, particularly young Black men, Rhodes founded the Durham Success Summit. As the executive director, he has built lasting relationships and championed the organization's mission to elevate underrepresented youths into corporate America through practical education and exposure. Since 2021, more than 200 young men have benefited from the organization’s career skills training and workforce development programs. Ninety percent of the program’s graduates find meaningful employment upon completion and have landed jobs at top companies such as Fidelity Investments and the National Basketball Association.

Rhodes’ insights and community contributions earned him recognition as one of Triangle Business Journal's 40 Under 40 business leaders in 2022, as well as features in Business Insider.

He remains active on numerous boards, including the Board of Visitors for Duke University, as well as a City Council-appointed commissioner seat on the City of Durham's Racial Equity Commission.