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

Joshua Almond (’24)
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC

Lucy Bartholomew ’15
Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC

David T. Bloom
Truist Financial Corporation, Atlanta

Lissa L. Broome
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC

Tom Eck
USAA, Charlotte, NC

David Freeman
Arnold & Porter, Washington DC

David I. Monteiro
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, TX

Edward P. O’Keefe
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte, NC

Margaret E. Tahyar
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY

Nathan P. Viebrock
Bradley, Charlotte, NC

Board Members

Cybil J. Abrao ’06
Burr & Forman LLP, Charlotte, NC

Amanda K. Allexon
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY

B.T. Atkinson ’92
Ward and Smith, P.A., Wilmington, NC

Nathan Batts
North Carolina Bankers Association, Raleigh, NC

Brooks F. Bossong
Nexsen Pruet, Greensboro, NC

Martin H. Brinkley ’92
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC

Gary R. Bronstein
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Washington, DC

David J. Burge ’85
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta, NC

Michael D. Calhoun ’77
Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, NC

Mark Chorazak
Shearman & Sterling, New York, NY

Scott M.A. Clark
Piper Sandler & Co., New York, NY

H. Rodgin Cohen
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY

V. Gerard Comizio
Washington College of Law American University, Washington, DC

Brian F. Corbett
Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh, NC

Beth S. DeSimone
SouthState Bank, N.A., Winter Haven, FL

Paul S. Donohue
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Charlotte, NC

John Douglas
TIAA, New York, NY

Christopher Duerden
Dechert LLP, Charlotte, NC

Adam T. Duke ’09
Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem, NC

Hannah Dunaway (’24)
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC

Todd H. Eveson ’00

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh, NC

Adam Feibelman
Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, LA

James Gallagher
King & Spalding, Charlotte, NC

John R. Gardner
K&L Gates LLP, Raleigh, NC

Eric Ghysels
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, NC

Leonard H. Gilbert
Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, FL

Adam Gillette ’23
U.S. District Court, E. D. La., New Orleans, LA

Matt Guest
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY

Mark S. Hartman
Davis Hartman Wright PLLC, New Bern, NC

Stefan Hayek
Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, OH

Thomas L. Hazen
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC

J. Richard Hazlett ’80
Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte, NC

James T. Hedrick, Jr.
McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte, NC

Erin Henderson
U.S. Bank National Association, Charlotte, NC

Frank A. Hirsch, Jr.
Kaufman & Canoles, Raleigh, NC

Seth Huffstetler
Robinson Bradshaw, Charlotte, NC

Robert J. Johnson, Jr.
USAA, Winston-Salem, NC

Kenneth C. Johnston
Johnston Clem Gifford PLLC, Dallas, TX

Charles R. Kabugo-Musoke
Smith Anderson, Raleigh, NC

Mark C. Kanaly
Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA

Lawrence D. Kaplan
Paul Hastings, Washington, DC

Satish M. Kini
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, DC

Jennifer P. Knox
Wells Fargo & Company, Charlotte, NC

William R. Lathan ’75
Ward and Smith, P.A., New Bern, NC

Andrew F. Lopez
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte, NC

Michael Mascia ’98
Charlotte, NC

Asha Mccorvey ’23
UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC

Gary McNorrill
Brean Capital, LLC, Charlotte, NC

Daniel Meade
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC

Barbara Meeks
Chapman and Cutler LLP, Charlotte, NC

Anita Minicucci
Credit Suisse, Research Triangle Park, NC

Glenn Morrical
Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, OH

Michael Nedzbala ’87
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond, VA

Brandon Neuman
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Raleigh, NC

Reginald T. O’Shields
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Saule Omarova
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY

Elizabeth S. Ostendorf
Butler Snow LLP, Montgomery, AL

Ursula Pfeil
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Washington, DC

Eric M. Reilly
Mayer Brown LLP, Charlotte, NC

Christina B. Rissler
Eversheds Sutherland, Atlanta, GA

Alex Russell
GMO-Z.com Trust Company, New York, NY

Gordon B. Russell
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan, Dallas, TX

Scott Schaaf ’02
Womble Bond Dickinson, Greensboro, NC

John Schramm
Janney Montgomery Scott, Raleigh, NC

Meg Scoopmire
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., Greenville, SC

Ted Shipley
Live Oak Bank, Wilmington, NC

Michael Shumaker ’07
Truist Financial Corporation, Atlanta, GA

Robert A. Singer
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey, & Leonard LLP, Greensboro, NC

Frederick “Fritz” T. Smith
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Charlotte, NC

Karol K. Sparks
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, Chicago, NC

Eric Spitler ’85
Retired, FINRA and FDIC, Washington, DC

Philip R. Stein
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, Miami, FL

Seth Stern
Flagstar Bank, N.A., New York, NY

Ralph N. Strayhorn ’81
New Republic Partners, Charlotte, NC

Michael L. Urschel ’07
Milbank LLP | International Law Firm, New York, NY

Joseph Vitale
Fried Frank, New York, NY

William J. Wagner
Raymond James & Associates, Raleigh, NC

Michael D. Waters
Jones Walker LLP, Birmingham, AL

Phillip Wertz
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC

Lisa A. White
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte, NC

K. Elizabeth Whitehead
American Savings Bank, Honolulu, HI

Lemuel Whitsett
Williams Mullen, Raleigh, NC

Amy Williams
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Charlotte, NC

Danielle Williams
Winston & Strawn LLP, Charlotte, NC

Seth Winter
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Richmond, VA

Matthew B. Wright
RBC Bank (Georgia), N.A., New York, NY

Patrick J. Yingling
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Charlotte, NC


Emeritus Board Members

  • Tracy Calder ’84
    Retired, LPL Financial, Charlotte, NC
  • Marion A. Cowell ’64
    Retired, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Charlotte, NC
  • J. Thomas Dunn, Jr. ’68
    Retired, Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, Charlotte, NC
  • Jerone C. Herring
    Retired, BB&T, Montreat, NC
  • Jewell D. Hoover
    Retired, Hoover and Associates, LLC, Charlotte, NC
  • Gerald P. Hurst
    Retired, RBC Bank (Georgia), N.A., Raleigh, NC
  • Pamela P. Hutson
    U.S. Bank National Association, Charlotte, NC
  • Eugene M. Katz
    Retired, Wells Fargo & Company, Charlotte, NC
  • Donald C. Lampe
    Retired, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC
    Christopher Leon
    Retired, Womble Bond Dickinson, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Lisa McDougald ’85
    Retired, Truist Financial Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC
  • M. Patricia Oliver
    Retired, Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, OH
  • Paul L. Reynolds
    Retired, Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati, OH
  • Patricia A. Robinson
    Retired, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY
  • Joseph A. Smith, Jr.
    Retired, Global Financial Markets Center, Duke Law School, Durham, NC
  • Paul H. Stock ’74
    Retired, North Carolina Bankers Association, Raleigh, NC

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:

Joseph A. Smith, Jr. (2021)
Eugene “Gene” M. Katz (2017)
Tony Gaeta, Jr. (2015)
Paul H. Stock (2011)
Marion A. Cowell, Jr. (2004)
Jerone C. Herring (2004)
Paul J. Polking (2004)