Advisory Board

Advisory Board members during the November 2010 Advisory Board Meeting at The Fuqua School of Business.

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The Center's Advisory Board is comprised of 15 seasoned finance executives representing a broad cross-section of industry specializations.  The Board meets semi-annually to review the Center's progress and to provide advice and direction regarding the Center's programs and other educational initiatives.  The Center's staff also consults regularly with Advisory Board members regarding finance industry practice trends and related developments.  This close engagement with leading finance practitioners helps ensure that the Center's boot camps, workshops, and programs are designed to cover relevant instructional topics and to emphasize pertinent applied finance skill sets.

  • Ric Abel, Prudential Capital Group
  • Dan Allen, Anchorage Capital, LLC
  • Derek Bandeen, Citigroup Global Markets
  • Doug Bratton, Crestline Investors
  • Caroline Brecker, J.P. Morgan
  • Jim Davlin, General Motors Company
  • Silverio Foresi, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Seth Gardner, Former Executive Director, Center for Financial Excellence, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business
  • Jim Gereghty, Siguler Guff & Company, LLC
  • Graham Goldsmith, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Rick Leaman, Moelis & Company
  • Tom Lister, Permira Advisers
  • Robert Manzo, Capstone Advisory Group
  • Adil Nathani, Renatus Investments
  • Steve Pierson, Credit Suisse
  • Colin Starks, Federated Investors Inc.
  • Peter Stavros, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

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