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
  Burr Forman McNair, Charlotte
• Geoffrey W. Adams
  Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, Raleigh
• B.T. Atkinson
  Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Charlotte
• Nathan Batts
  North Carolina Bankers Association, Raleigh
• David T. Bloom
  Truist Financial Corporation, Atlanta
• Brooks F. Bossong
  Nexsen Pruet, Greensboro
• Martin H. Brinkley
  UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
• Gary R. Bronstein
  Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Washington, DC
• David J. Burge
  Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta
• Michael D. Calhoun
  Center for Responsible Lending, Durham
• Scott A. Cammarn
  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Charlotte
• Erin Catlett
  UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
• Mark Chorazak
  Shearman & Sterling, New York
• Scott M.A. Clark
  Piper Sandler, 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
• Brian F. Corbett
  Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh
• Robert A. Cox Jr.
  Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Charlotte
• Lauren Davis
  UNC School of Law
• Paul S. Donohue
  Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Charlotte
• John Douglas
  TIAA, New York
• Kieran J. Fallon
  The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Washington, DC
• Adam Feibelman
  Tulane University Law School, New Orleans
• Paolo Fulghieri
  Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill
• John R. Gardner
  K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh
• Thomas L. Hazen
  UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
• J. Richard Hazlett
  Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, Charlotte
• James T. Hedrick, Jr.
  McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte
• Frank A. Hirsch, Jr.
  Alston & Bird LLP, Raleigh
• Carol A. Hitselberger
  Mayer Brown LLP, Charlotte
• Gerald P. Hurst
  RBC Bank (Georgia), N.A., Raleigh
• 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
• William R. Lathan
  Ward and Smith, PA, New Bern
• Christopher E. Leon
  Retired, Womble Bond Dickinson, Winston⁠-⁠Salem
• Andrew Lopez
  Parker Poe, Charlotte
• Jerry W. Markham
  Florida International University, Miami
• Kathy C. McKinney
  Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A., Greenville
  Gary McNorrill
  Performance Trust, Charlotte
• Kenneth L. Miller
  Bank of America, Charlotte
• Anita Minicucci
  Credit Suisse, Research Triangle Park
• David Monteiro
  Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas
• Glenn Morrical
  Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland
• Michael Nedzbala
  Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond
• Edward P. O’Keefe
  Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte
• Saule Omarova
  Cornell Law School, Ithaca
• Reginald T. O’Shields
  Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta
• Elizabeth Ostendorf
  First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Raleigh
• Stephen D. Poe
  Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA, Winston⁠-⁠Salem
• Henry H. Ralston
  Robinson Bradshaw, Charlotte
• Christina B. Rissler
  Eversheds Sutherland, Atlanta
• Patricia A. Robinson
  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York
• Alex Russell
  Deutsche Bank, New York
• Gordon B. Russell
  Kane Russell Coleman & Logan, Dallas
• Margot F. Saunders
  National Consumer Law Center, Washington, DC
• Scott Schaaf
  Womble Bond Dickinson, Greensboro
• John Schramm
  Janney Montgomery Scott, Raleigh
• Michael Shumaker
  Truist Financial Corporation, Atlanta
• Robert A. Singer
  Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, & Leonard LLP, Greensboro 
• Karol K. Sparks
  Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, Chicago
• Eric Spitler
  Retired, FDIC, Chapel Hill
• John Stoker
  Wells Fargo & Company, Charlotte
• Ralph N. Strayhorn
  Cape Point Advisory Partners, LLC, Charlotte
• Margaret E. Tayher
  Davis Polk, New York
• Devon Tucker
  UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
• Michael L. Urschel
  King & Spalding, Atlanta
• William J. Wagner
  Raymond James & Associates, Raleigh
• William J. Walsh
  Fifth Third Bank, Charlotte
• Michael D. Waters
  Jones Walker LLP, Birmingham
• Camden R. Webb
  Williams Mullen, Raleigh
• Lisa White
  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• K. Elizabeth Whitehead
  American Savings Bank, Honolulu
• Amy P. Williams
  Troutman Sanders LLP, Charlotte
• Danielle Williams
  Winston & Strawn LLP, Charlotte
• Patrick J. Yingling
  King & Spalding, Charlotte
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Emeritus Board Members

• Tracy Calder
  Retired, LPL Financial, Charlotte
• Marion A. Cowell
  Retired, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Charlotte
• J. Thomas Dunn, Jr.
  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
• Lisa McDougald
  Retired, Truist Financial Corporation, Winston-Salem
• Paul J. Polking
  Retired, Bank of America, Charlotte
• M. Patricia Oliver
  Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland
• Paul L. Reynolds
  Retired, Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati
• Joseph A. Smith, Jr.
  Retired, Global Financial Markets Center, Duke Law School, Raleigh
• Paul H. Stock
  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: