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

Leonard H. Gilbert
Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa

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
  SunTrust Banks, Inc., 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
• James R. Bryant, III
  Kingstree Group, Charlotte
• David J. Burge
  Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta
• Tracy Calder
  LPL Financial, Charlotte
• 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
  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York
• Scott M.A. Clark
  Sandler O’Neill + Partners, LP, New York
• H. Rodgin Cohen
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York
• V. Gerard Comizio
  Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC
• Brian F. Corbett
  Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh
• Paul S. Donohue
  Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Charlotte
• John Douglas
  TIAA, Washington, DC
• Kieran J. Fallon
  The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Washington, DC
• Adam Feibelman
  Tulane University Law School, New Orleans
• Rebecca Floyd
  Mayer Brown, Charlotte
• David Freeman
  Arnold & Porter, Washington DC
• 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
• Phillip D. Huber, CFA
  The Hutchison Company, Durham
• Gerald P. Hurst
  RBC Bank (Georgia), N.A., Raleigh
• Ariana L. Johnson
  UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
• Robert J. Johnson, Jr.
  BB&T, Winston-Salem
• Kenneth C. Johnston
  Johnson Pratt PLLC, Dallas
• Mark C. Kanaly
  Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta
• Lawrence D. Kaplan
  Paul Hastings, Washington, DC
• Satish M. Kini
  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, DC
• Donald C. Lampe
  Morrison & Forester LLP, Washington, DC
• William R. Lathan
  Ward and Smith, PA, New Bern
• Christopher E. Leon
  Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Winston-Salem
• Vincent M. Lichtenberger
  Capital Bank Financial Corp., Charlotte
• Andrew Lopez
  Parker Poe, Charlotte
• Gary McNorrill
  Banks Street Partners, Charlotte
• Jerry W. Markham
  Florida International University, Miami
• Lisa McDougald
  BB&T, Winston-Salem
• Kenneth L. Miller
  Bank of America, Charlotte
• Anita Minicucci
  Credit Suisse, Research Triangle Park
• David Monteiro
  Morgan Lewis LLP, Dallas
• Michael Nedzbala
  Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Charlotte
• 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
• 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
• John Schramm
  FIG Partners, Atlanta
• Brenna A. Sheffield
  Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta
• Robert A. Singer
  Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, & Leonard LLP, Greensboro
• Joseph A. Smith, Jr.
  Joseph A. Smith, Jr. Monitoring Ltd., Raleigh
• Karol K. Sparks
  Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, Chicago
• Eric Spitler
  FINRA, Washington, DC
• John Stoker
  Wells Fargo & Company, Charlotte
• Ralph N. Strayhorn
  Cape Point Advisory Partners, LLC, Charlotte
• Margaret E. Tayher
  Davis Polk, New York
• Luke Thomas
  UNC Law, Chapel Hill
• Devon Tucker
  UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
• Michael L. Urschel
  King & Spalding, Atlanta
• William J. Wagner
  Raymond James & Associates, Raleigh
• Michael D. Waters
  Jones Walker LLP, Birmingham
• Camden R. Webb
  Williams Mullen, Raleigh
• 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

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: