The Center for Banking and Finance’s Board of Advisors is comprised of banking industry leaders who provide guidance, recommendations and feedback to assist the center with its mission.
Steering Committee
Lucy Bartholomew
Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC
David T. Bloom
Truist Financial Corporation, Atlanta
Lissa L. Broome
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
Todd H. Eveson ’00
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh
David Freeman
Arnold & Porter, Washington DC
Adam Gillette (’23)
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
Gerald P. Hurst
RBC Bank, N.A., Raleigh
Pamela P. Hutson
U.S. Bank National Association, Charlotte
Edward P. O’Keefe
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte
Margaret E. Tahyar
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York
Board Members
- Cybil J. Abrao ’06
Burr & Forman LLP, Charlotte - Geoffrey W. Adams
Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, Raleigh - Amanda K. Allexon
New York - B.T. Atkinson ’92
Ward and Smith, P.A., Wilmington, NC - Nathan Batts
North Carolina Bankers Association, Raleigh - David Line Batty
Chapman and Cutler LLP, Charlotte - Brooks F. Bossong
Nexsen Pruet, Greensboro - Martin H. Brinkley ’92
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill - Gary R. Bronstein
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Washington, DC - David J. Burge ’85
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta - Michael D. Calhoun ’77
Center for Responsible Lending, Durham - Mark Chorazak
Shearman & Sterling, New York - Scott M.A. Clark
Piper Sandler & Co., New York - H. Rodgin Cohen
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York - V. Gerard Comizio
Washington College of Law American University, Washington, DC - Amy Cook
USAA, San Antonio, TX - Emily Cooke ’22
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill - Brian F. Corbett
Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh - Beth S. DeSimone
SouthState Bank, N.A., Winter Haven - Paul S. Donohue
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Charlotte - John Douglas
TIAA, New York - Christopher Duerden
Dechert LLP, Charlotte - Adam T. Duke ’09
Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem - Adam Feibelman
Tulane University Law School, New Orleans - John R. Gardner
K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh - Eric Ghysels
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill - Leonard H. Gilbert
Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa - Mark S. Hartman
Davis Hartman Wright PLLC, New Bern, NC - Thomas L. Hazen
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill - J. Richard Hazlett ’80
Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, Charlotte - James T. Hedrick, Jr.
McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte - Frank A. Hirsch, Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles, Raleigh - Seth Huffstetler
Robinson Bradshaw, Charlotte - Briana Johnson ’22
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill - Robert J. Johnson Jr.
USAA, Winston-Salem - Kenneth C. Johnston
Johnston Clem Gifford PLLC, Dallas - Mark C. Kanaly
Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta - Lawrence D. Kaplan
Paul Hastings, Washington, DC - Satish M. Kini
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, DC - Jennifer P. Knox
Wells Fargo & Company, Charlotte - William R. Lathan ’75
Ward and Smith, PA, New Bern - Andrew F. Lopez
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte - Jerry W. Markham
Florida International University, Miami
Matt Martin ’04
First Citizens, Raleigh- Michael Mascia
Charlotte - Asha Mccorvey (’23)
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill - Gary McNorrill
Performance Trust, Charlotte - Daniel Meade
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC - Kenneth L. Miller
Bank of America, Charlotte - Anita Minicucci
Credit Suisse, Research Triangle Park - David I. Monteiro
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas - Glenn Morrical
Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland - Michael Nedzbala ’87
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond - Brandon Neuman
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Raleigh - Saule Omarova
Cornell Law School, Ithaca - Reginald T. O’Shields
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta - Elizabeth Ostendorf
Butler Snow LLP, Montgomery, AL - Ursula Pfeil
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Washington - Eric M. Reilly
Mayer Brown LLP, Charlotte
Christina B. Rissler
Eversheds Sutherland, Atlanta - Alex Russell
GMO-Z.com Trust Company, New York - Gordon B. Russell
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan, Dallas - Scott Schaaf ’02
Womble Bond Dickinson, Greensboro - John Schramm
Janney Montgomery Scott, Raleigh - Meg Scoopmire
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A., Greenville - Michael Shumaker ’07
Truist Financial Corporation, Atlanta - Robert A. Singer
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, & Leonard LLP, Greensboro
Frederick “Fritz” T. Smith
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Charlotte - Karol K. Sparks
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, Chicago - Eric Spitler ’85
Retired, FINRA and FDIC, Chapel Hill - Philip R. Stein
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, Miami - Seth Stern
Signature Bank, New York - Ralph N. Strayhorn ’81
New Republic Partners, Charlotte - Michael L. Urschel ’07
King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta - Joseph Vitale
Fried Frank, New York - William J. Wagner
Raymond James & Associates, Raleigh - William J. Walsh
Fifth Third Bank, Charlotte - Michael D. Waters
Jones Walker LLP, Birmingham - Camden R. Webb ’95
Williams Mullen, Raleigh - Lisa A. White
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte - K. Elizabeth Whitehead
American Savings Bank, Honolulu - Amy P. Williams
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Charlotte - Danielle Williams
Winston & Strawn LLP, Charlotte - Seth Winter
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Richmond - Patrick J. Yingling
King & Spalding, Charlotte
Emeritus Board Members
- Tracy Calder ’84
Retired, LPL Financial, Charlotte - Marion A. Cowell ’64
Retired, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Charlotte - J. Thomas Dunn, Jr. ’68
Retired, Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, Charlotte - Tony Gaeta
Retired, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh - Jerone C. Herring
Retired, BB&T, Montreat - Jewell D. Hoover
Retired, Hoover and Associates, LLC, Charlotte - Eugene M. Katz
Retired, Wells Fargo & Company, Charlotte - Donald C. Lampe
Retired, Morrison & Foerster LLP,
Washington, DC - Christopher Leon
Retired, Womble Bond Dickinson, Winston-Salem - Lisa McDougald ’85
Retired, Truist Financial Corporation, Winston-Salem - M. Patricia Oliver
Retired, Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland - Paul L. Reynolds
Retired, Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati - Patricia A. Robinson
Retired, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York - Joseph A. Smith, Jr.
Retired, Global Financial Markets Center, Duke Law School, Raleigh - Paul H. Stock ’74
Retired, North Carolina Bankers Association, Raleigh
The Center for Banking and Finance Leadership Award
This award recognizes extraordinary service to the center and its mission as well as exemplary contributions to the financial services industry by a member of the board of advisors. Previous winners include: