Finance Department Advisory Council
The Finance Department Advisory Council offers the invaluable perspective of professionals in the business community to the department on the issues that we face in providing innovative leadership in financial education and practice to our students. The Advisory Council helps the department head and faculty to continue to improve the quality and reputation of the finance department. Ultimately, this will enhance each student’s development and experience in the undergraduate, MBA and doctoral programs.
The Advisory Council has three primary goals or objectives: (1) to provide advice and counsel to the department’s faculty and department head; (2) to assist the department in achieving its mission of creating and disseminating knowledge that is valued by students (and their recruiters), professional financial managers, financial policy-makers, and academic peers, and; (3) to potentially assist the department in development activities and placement for its students.
Finance Department Advisory Council Members
Kent M. Adams, Vice President of Caterpillar Inc., and President of Caterpillar Financial Services
James Atchley, Executive Vice President, Business Financial Services, First Tennessee Bank
Jennifer S. Banner (Jenny), Chief Executive Officer, Schaad Companies
Jim Brogan, President and Founder of Brogan Financial Retirement and Legacy Planning
Rebecca Flick, Client Advisor, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown
Bart L. Graham, Principal,
Medusa Advisory, LLC
Paul F. Green, Senior Vice President, Investments, UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Kimberly Scheibe Greene (Kim), Group President of Strategy & External Relations, TVA
Bruce L. Gress, Director, Petroleum Risk Management, Pilot Travel Centers LLC
Harry L. Gross, Jr., Executive Vice President, Commercial Real Estate, SunTrust Banks, Inc.
R. Stephen Hagood, Senior Credit Officer, BB&T
George Hashbarger, Jr., Chief Investment Officer, Quintium Advisors
Larry B. Martin, Deputy to the Mayor, City of Knoxville
Sharon J. Pryse, President, The Trust Company Of Knoxville, Inc.
Lytle Rather, Partner, Rather & Kittrell
Eric Schwarzentraub, Senior Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Joseph A. Siragusa, Vice President/Branch Office Manager, Fidelity Investments
Adam Smith, Director of Metals Trading, Alcoa Materials Management
Charles Stewart, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Martin & Company
Joe Thompson, III, Managing Director, Morgan Keegan and Company
Frank Venable, Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
J. Harvey White, Senior Credit Officer, Pinnacle Financial Partners
Al Williams, Chief Financial Officer, Bush Brothers and Company
Contact Us:
James Wansley, Head
Department of Finance
College of Business Administration
427 Stokely Management Center
916 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0540
Phone: 865-974-3216
Fax: 865-974-1716
E-Mail: jwansley@utk.edu