Board of Advisors

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

Board Members

• Cybil J. Abrao ’06
  Burr & Forman LLP, Charlotte
• Geoffrey W. Adams
  Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, Raleigh
  
• Amanda K. Allexon
  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen& Katz, 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, 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
  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, 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 J. Polking
  Retired, Bank of America, Charlotte
• 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: