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
David Line Batty
Chapman and Cutler LLP, Charlotte
Lissa L. Broome
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
Beth S. DeSimone
CenterState Bank, N.A., Winter Haven, FL
Todd H. Eveson
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh
David Freeman
Arnold & Porter, Washington DC
Leonard H. Gilbert
Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa
Pamela P. Hutson
U.S. Bank National Association, Charlotte
Jacob A. Lutz III
Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond
Thomas Walls
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill
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
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: