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Program Overview In its sixth year, The Citadel Directors’ Institute is an intensive one-day
program designed exclusively for directors and their executives to engage in
an active dialogue focused on current and emerging issues, strategic planning,
risk and board governance. Each year, The Citadel Directors’ Institute focuses
on current issues, and new challenges company directors and executives face
navigating the changing regulatory, investor and business environments.
Topics for 2015 are:
The Best Practices in Negating Cyber Security
Improving the Effectiveness of a Board in Leadership, Ethics &
Compliance
New Developments in Corporate Governance
The Impact of New Auditing and Accounting Standards: Major
Changes Ahead
The Effect of New Regulations in Setting CEO and Director
Compensation
Unique Issues for Boards in Regional and Community Banks
The Board’s Role in Succession Planning for the CEO and Board
Emerging Trends in Multi-Forum Litigation
The Best Practices in Risk for Regional and Community Bank Boards
Expansion of Aiding and Abetting Breaches of Fiduciary Duty—
a Warning to Directors and their Advisors in M & A Scenarios
The Faculty The faculty is drawn from throughout the United States and consists of
leading governance experts, directors and executives of companies recognized
for governance excellence, and representatives of institutional shareholders
active in the governance arena. These individuals are active in the regulatory
environment, and will share practical perspectives that can influence business
strategy and organizational governance.
Location The 2015 Citadel Directors’ Institute will be held at Francis Marion Hotel in
historic downtown Charleston, SC. A welcome reception will be held on The
Citadel’s campus on Thursday, April 30th at the President’s home, hosted by
General and Mrs. John Rosa.
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5:00pm—6:30pm
Welcome Reception Hosted by Lt Gen John W. Rosa
USAF (Ret.) and Mrs. Donna Rosa Location: Quarter’s One, The Citadel Campus
(transportation will be provided)
(All sessions will be held at The Francis Marion Hotel)
8:00am-8:45am
Continental Breakfast Buffet
(Location: Gold Ballroom)
8:45am-9:00am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
(Location: Gold Ballroom)
Speakers: Dr. William Trumbull, Dean, The Citadel School
of Business and Dr. Wesley M. Jones, Associate Dean for
Programs and Outreach, The Citadel School of Business
9:00am-9:30am
Opening Keynote Speaker
(Location: Gold Ballroom)
Speaker: Jay D Hanson – Board Member of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board; previously a member
of the FASB
9:30am-9:40am
Break—Move to breakout sessions
Thursday, April 30th
Friday, May 1st
9:40am-10:40am—Concurrent Sessions #1
Session 1A (Location: )
The Best Practices in Negating Cyber Security Threats
Moderator: Laurie Champion, Managing Director & Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer, Aon Risk Solutions,
Panelists:
D. Nicolaisen
R. Nelson
M. Silva
E. Kelley
Session 1B (Location: )
Improving the Effectiveness of a Board in Leadership,
Ethics & Compliance
Moderator: A. Dutra
Panelists:
M. Evans
J. Postle
K. Verner
M. Cummings
Session 1C (Location: )
New Developments in Corporate Governance
Moderator: Holly Gregory
Panelists:
Donna Dabney
C. Elson
Myron Steele
Patrick McGurn
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10:50am-11:50am—Concurrent Sessions #2
Session 2A (Location: )
The Impact of New Auditing and Accounting Standards;
Major Changes Ahead
Moderator: John Olson
Panelists:
D. Nicolaisen
J. Hanson
Patrick McGurn
Thiru Govender
Session 2B (Location: )
The Effect of New Regulations in Setting CEO and
Director Compensation
Moderator: Donna Dabney
Panelists:
Holly Gregory
C. Elson
J. Postl
Session 2C (Location: )
Unique Issues for Boards in Regiional and Community
Banks
Moderator: Garry Rank (?)
Panelists:
R. Nelson
Martha Cummings
Ana Dutra
R. Kosian
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12:00pm-1:30pm
Luncheon /Keynote Speaker
(Location: Gold Ballroom)
Walter Pavlo – Writer on White Collar Crime
1:30pm-1:35pm
Break—Move to breakout sessions
1:35pm-2:35pm—Concurrent Sessions #3
Session 3A (Location: )
The Board’s Role in Succession Planning for the CEO and
Board
Moderator: John Olson
Panelists:
Ana Dutra
M. Evans
Martha Cummings
Pat McGurn
Session 3B (Location: )
Emerging Trends in Multi-Forum Litigation
Moderator: J. Jacobs
Panelists:
R. Nornes
M. Fischer
K. Miller
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Session 3C (Location: )
The Best Practices in Risk and Compliance for
Regional and Community Bank Boards
Moderator: Laurie Champion
Panelists:
K. Verner
M. Silva
G. Rank
R. Kosian
2:45pm-3:45pm
Plenary Session: Expansion of Aiding and Abetting
Breaches of Fiduciary Duty—A Warning to Directors
and their Advisors in M & A Scenarios
(Location: )
Moderator: Myron T. Steele
Partner, Potter Anderson Corroon LLP & former Chief
Justice, The Delaware Supreme Court
Panelists:
J. Jacobs
R. Nornes
J. Griffin
K. Miller
3:45pm-4:00pm
Concluding Remarks
Dr. William Trumbull, Dean, The Citadel School of Busi-
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Opening Keynote Speaker
Jay D. Hanson Board Member, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Jay D. Hanson was appointed to be a Board Mem-
ber of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion in January 2011, and reappointed for a second
term, ending in October 2018. Prior to joining the
Board, Mr. Hanson spent nearly 32 years at
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP. At the time of his ap-
pointment to the PCAOB, Mr. Hanson was the
National Director of Accounting, overseeing the firm's accounting guidance and
training practices, as well as leader of the firm's Accounting Standards Group.
Mr. Hanson served as a member of the Emerging Issues Task Force of the Fi-
nancial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) from 2006 to 2011. He also was a
member of the Financial Reporting Executive Committee of the American In-
stitute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) from 2005 to 2011, serving as
Chairman from 2008-2011. Mr. Hanson is a certified public accountant licensed
to practice in his home state of Minnesota. He graduated from Concordia Col-
lege in Moorhead, Minnesota, with a B.A. in Business Administration, Ac-
counting and Mathematics.
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Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Walt Pavlo, Jr.
Founder, Prisomology
Walter “Walt” Pavlo, Jr. is Founder , Prisonol-
ogyWalt Pavlo is a contributor to Forbes.com
where he writes about white-collar crime. He is
the co-author of Stolen Without A Gun, which
he co-wrote with Neil Weinberg (Editor-in-Chief
at American Banker). Mr. Pavlo’s story has been
a part of training programs at the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, major corporations and
top ranked MBA programs across the country.
Walt Pavlo is the founder of www.500PearlStreet.com, which is a website dedicat-
ed to providing information on current white-collar crime cases with the purpose
of educating people on the major cases in our federal court system. He is also
an adjunct professor at Endicott College’s Van Loan School teaching graduate
level classes in Finance and Ethics. Mr. Pavlo is a nationally recognized speaker on
white-collar crime, ethics and federal prison. He specializes in helping future lead-
ers, corporate leaders and employees understand how fraud starts within an or-
ganization by providing insight into the motivations of perpetrators and the oppor-
tunities they see when they commit crimes within a company. Mr. Pavlo was recruit-
ed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to lead training and discussions on finan-
cial fraud in the corporate environment in order to create awareness that fraud can
exist in any workplace. His case has been cited in numerous textbooks and peri-
odicals as a classic story of how a lack of proper mentoring and support within
an organization can lead to poor decisions. His story has been featured on ABC
Nightline, The Katie Couric Show and the NBC Today Show. Mr. Pavlo earned his
B.S. in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University and his MBA in Fi-
nance from Mercer University.
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Edward W. Kelley CEO & Chairman, Edward W. Kelley & Partners Ltd Edward Kelley is recognized internationally as a leader in the
executive search industry with more than 30 years of experi-
ence in consulting and executive search. He was nominated in
2008 by Business Week as one of the world’s 50 most influ-
ential global headhunters. In 2006, he founded Edward W.
Kelley & Partners Ltd which undertakes executive search,
executive coaching and board consulting. From 1999 to 2005,
he consulted with global companies on human capital issues related to restructur-
ings due to market conditions. One client was a major European financial institu-
tion where he advised them on restructuring their board and executive committee
following a major merger. Earlier, he worked with Korn/Ferry for 15 years, most
recently as President for Europe, and served on its Board of Directors. While
there, he was responsible for taking the firm into the emerging markets of Eastern
Europe, Russia, Turkey, the Middle East and India. Before Korn/Ferry, Mr. Kelley
served as an International Partner with Booz Allen Hamilton (now Booz & Co.),
working and living in several locations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He
has spent most of his professional career outside the US. He has served on the
board of companies in the UK, Italy, the Middle East, Australia and Hong Kong.
Laurie J. Champion
Managing Director & Chief Administrative Officer,
Aon Risk Solutions
Laurie J. Champion serves as the Chief Administrative Of-
ficer for the Atlanta ARS operation, partnering with the
leadership team in delivering excellence in people, client,
financial and compliance processes and related matters. She
also serves as a strategic partner for the client service teams.
She has extensive “hands on” risk management experience
as a client advisor, consultant and corporate risk management executive. Laurie
led Aon’s U.S. Enterprise Risk Management practice from 2008-2013 and was a
founding “thought leader” for the Aon Risk Maturity Index. She previously served
as the Vice President, Risk Management for Coca-Cola Enterprises and the Direc-
tor, Risk Management for Ford Motor Company overseeing Ford’s global risk
management staff. Prior to joining Ford in 2000, Laurie served in a variety of
roles with Johnson & Higgins (Marsh) from 1987 through 2000 in both Europe
and North America. Her experience includes corporate risk management, enter-
prise risk management, design and placement of complex insurance/reinsurance
programs; client management, group captive management, claims, operational risk
management including business continuity planning and supply chain risk assess-
ment, financial risk management, treasury internal control. and risk data, systems
and analysis.Laurie has a MBA, Corporate Finance and International Business
(University of Michigan). She also has a Bachelor of Arts, Honors in English and
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Association of Corporate Directors.. She is a Chartered Property and Casualty
Underwriter (CPCU). Also a member of the Risk and Insurance Management
Society (RIMS) ERM Committee (2006-2010) and the RIMS Standards & Practic-
es Committee (2010 to present in an advisory capacity). She serves as Program
Committee Chair/Summit for the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Manage-
ment
Ana Dutra President and CEO, The Executives’ Club of Chicago
Ana Dutra is the President and CEO of The Executives’
Club of Chicago, a world-class senior executives organi-
zation focused on the development, innovation and con-
nectivity of current and future top leaders. She was the
CEO of Mandala Global Advisors, a global management
consulting company. Prior to that, as the CEO of Korn/
Ferry Consulting and a Proxy Officer for 7 years, Ana
created a $350+ MM new global business through a com-
bination of organic growth, 7 global acquisitions, innova-
tive go-to-market approaches and incorporation of tech-
nology and digitalization of products and services. In addition to her corporate and
civic leadership roles, Ana is a Director in the Boards of the CME Group (CME-
NASDAQ), Greeley and Hansen, Humantelligence, International Women Forum,
Lurie Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago, Governor State University and
Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL), a top school turnaround organi-
zation in the country. She is the co-Chair MW for the Committee of 200, a mem-
ber of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Economic Club of Chicago.
A Brazilian native with over 25 years of experience in P&L management, business
growth and C-Level business consulting in over 30 countries, Dutra’s expertise
lies in helping Boards, CEOs and their teams to identify and execute growth strat-
egies and turnarounds through innovation, acquisitions, culture change and new
technologies. As a CEO, Ana Dutra has led a number of turnarounds, global ac-
quisitions, post-merger integrations and execution of accelerated growth strate-
gies. She has led and advised businesses in the technology, manufacturing, CPG,
pharma, retail, energy and professional services industries. Ana started her career
with IBM where she managed clients and lines-of-businesses in a number of coun-
tries. After receiving her MBA from Kellogg business school, she led lines-of-
businesses and global P&Ls with CSC, Oliver Wyman (formerly Mercer Manage-
ment), Accenture and, more recently, with Korn/ Ferry International. Ana holds an
MBA from Kellogg, a Masters in Economics from Pontificia Universidade do Rio
de Janeiro, a Juris Doctor from Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, all summa cum
laude. She is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French and is a frequent
speaker in the Global Competitiveness Forum, World Economic Forum and other
Global Conferences. She is frequently featured in the Harvard Business Review
online, Forbes, WSJ, CEO Magazine and is the guest editor of the 2015 Best of
the Boardroom issue of Hispanic Executive magazine. Ana was also awarded a
Chicago United Business Leader of Color.Ana is an avid triathlete, meditator and
yoga practitioner. She lives in Northfield, IL with her husband and their three
daughters.
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Co-Chair, Sidley Austin, Global Corporate Governance and
Executive Compensation Practice
Holly J. Gregory is co-chair of Sidley Austin’s global Cor-
porate Governance and Executive Compensation Practice,
counsels clients on the full range of governance issues, in-
cluding fiduciary duties, risk oversight, conflicts of interest,
board and committee structure, board leadership structures,
special committee investigations, board audits and self-
evaluation processes, shareholder activism and initiatives, proxy contests, rela-
tionships with shareholders and proxy advisory firms, compliance with legisla-
tive, regulatory and listing rule requirements, and governance “best practice.”
Ms. Gregory played a key role in drafting the OECD Principles of Corporate
Governance and has advised the Internal Market Directorate of the European
Commission on corporate governance regulation, and the joint OECD/World
Bank Global Corporate Governance Forum on governance policy for develop-
ing and emerging markets. She also drafted the National Association of Corpo-
rate Directors (NACD) Key Agreed Principles of Corporate Governance. In
addition to her legal practice and policy efforts, she has lectured extensively on
governance topics, including at events in Europe and Asia sponsored by the
U.S. State Department, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN),
The Conference Board, the NACD, Association of Corporate Counsel, Society
of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals, and Institutional Share-
holder Services (ISS). The author of numerous articles on governance topics,
she writes the governance column for Practical Law: The Journal. Ms. Gregory
began a three year term as Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Busi-
ness Law Section’s Corporate Governance Committee in September 2014. She
is founding co-chair of that Committee’s Subcommittee on International Cor-
porate Governance Developments and serves as co-chair of the ABA Delaware
Business Law Forum. She recently completed a six-year term on the ABA
Corporate Laws Committee, where she co-chaired the task force that issued the
6th edition of the ABA Corporate Directors Guidebook (April 2011). She also
chaired the ABA task force that delivered the Report on the Delineation of
Governance Roles & Responsibilities to Congress and the SEC in August
2009. Ms. Gregory has served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business
School and as a member of multiple NACD Blue Ribbon Commissions.
Ms. Gregory clerked for the Honorable Roger J. Miner, United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit. A summa cum laud graduate of New York
Law School and Executive Editor of its Law Review, Ms. Gregory served on
the Board of Trustees of New York Law School from 2009 through 2011. Ms.
Gregory is widely recognized for her work, including as: among the “100 Most
Influential Players in Corporate Governance” (NACD/Directorship 100), Di-
rectorship Magazine, 2014 and all prior years; the “Best in Corporate Govern-
ance” at Euromoney Legal Media Group’s inaugural Americas Women in
Business Law Awards 2012; the leading practitioner in corporate governance
law in the Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law (July 2010);
and a “Leading Practitioner in Corporate Governance” in the International
Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers, 2014 and prior years.
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John F. Olson
Founding Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
John F. Olson is a founding partner of Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher's Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Olson represents
business organizations in corporate governance, corporate
securities, corporate finance and merger and acquisition
matters. He has counseled many boards of directors and
board committees of leading public companies in the United
States and abroad on governance issues and the conduct of
internal investigations. He has represented firms and indi-
viduals before the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal agencies
in both regulatory matters and enforcement investigations. In 2006, Mr. Olson led
a team of the firm's lawyers that advised the Board of the American Red Cross on
a comprehensive audit of its governance practices. He has since advised the Unit-
ed States Olympic Committee and a number of other nonprofit organizations on
governance issues. Mr. Olson has served as Chairman of the ABA Business Law
Section's Committees on Corporate Governance and Federal Regulation of Securi-
ties and on the Publications Board and Council of the Section. He was a member
of the Presidential Task Force on Corporate Responsibility appointed by the Presi-
dent of the ABA. He has served for many years as a member of and liaison to the
Business Law Section’s Corporate Laws Committee. For the Section, he chaired
task forces which prepared a comprehensive report on insider trading laws and
several editions of the Corporate Director’s Guidebook. He recently completed a
three year term on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Governmental Affairs. Mr.
Olson is a member of the Executive Council of the Federal Bar Association Secu-
rities Section, served for nine years on the Legal Advisory Committee of the New
York Stock Exchange and was a member of the Legal Advisory Board of the Na-
tional Association of Securities Dealers. He was a Founding Trustee of the Ameri-
can College of Investment Counsel and is the Founding Chair of the American
College of Governance Counsel. He served on a select committee of leading secu-
rities lawyers, appointed by the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, which
drafted insider trading legislation introduced in the United States Congress. Mr.
Olson has been annually selected by the National Association of Corporate Direc-
tors (NACD) and Directorship magazine as one of the “Directorship 100: The
Most Influential People in the Boardroom” and was elected to NACD/Directorship
Magazine’s Corporate Governance Hall of Fame in 2013. He is regularly ranked
among the top securities advisory attorneys in the District of Columbia by Cham-
bers USA and has been listed every year since 2007 in Who’s Who of Corporate
Governance Lawyers by Who’s Who Legal. Mr. Olson was ranked as one of the
world’s leading corporate governance attorneys in Expert Guides’ 2014 Guide to
the World’s Leading Banking and Finance Lawyers. He was named the Washing-
ton, DC Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year for 2013 and the Washington, DC
Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year for 2012 by The Best Lawyers in
America®. That publication has listed Mr. Olson for his corporate, securities and
governance work in every edition published since its inception 30 years ago. A
frequent lecturer at legal and business seminars, Mr. Olson co-chairs several pro-
grams on an annual basis. He serves on the planning committees for the San Die-
go Securities Regulation Institute and the Practising Law Institute's Annual Securi-
ties Regulation Institute. He is the author of more than 100 articles and a member
of the editorial advisory boards for a variety of securities and corporate law publi-
cations. Mr. Olson is the co-author of Director and Officer Liability: Indemnifica-
tion and Insurance, published by West Publishing (revised 2002) and has edited
several other books on securities law issues. Mr. Olson was the Distinguished
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Visiting Practitioner in Residence at Cornell Law School in 2003, and from 2005
through 2007 taught corporate governance at Northwestern University School of
Law. He is currently a Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown Univer-
sity Law Center, teaching courses in securities regulation and governance of non-
profit organizations. Mr. Olson serves on the Board of Directors of the Frederick
B. Abramson Memorial Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization that
provides scholarships for disadvantaged high school graduates going on to college,
and as an honorary board member of Washington Performing Arts. He is a mem-
ber of the American Law Institute, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs, and
the International Reference Team for Company Law Reform in South Africa, a
Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development and serves on the Advisory
Board of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Dela-
ware.
Donna Dabney Executive Director, The Conference Board Governance
Center
Donna Dabney joined The Conference Board as Executive
Director, Governance Center, in August, 2012. In her cur-
rent position, Donna leads The Conference Board efforts in
the areas of corporate governance and sustainable value
creation. Prior to joining The Conference Board, Donna was
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Corporate Govern-
ance Counsel of Alcoa Inc. and she participated for over fifteen years in board
and committee meetings of Alcoa and Reynolds Metals Company. As part of her
work with the Alcoa Board of Directors, she gained experience with sustainable
development in the Amazon region of Brazil. Donna is a member of the board of
directors of American Forests, the oldest national conservation organization in
the US, the New York Advisory Board of the Society of Corporate Secretaries,
and Governance Professionals and previously served on the board of a public/
private consortium promoting development in Richmond, Virgina. Donna is a
1980 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and a member of the
Order of the Coif legal honorary society.
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Jack B. Jacobs
Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP
Before joining Sidley Austin LLP as Senior Counsel in
October 2014, Jack B. Jacobs served as a Justice of the
Delaware Supreme Court since 2003 and as Vice Chan-
cellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery since October
1985. Mr. Jacobs holds an undergraduate degree from
the University of Chicago (B.A., 1964, Phi Beta Kappa),
a law degree from Harvard University (LLB., 1967), and
an LLD (Hon.) from Widener University (2011).
Mr. Jacobs is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the
Law Schools of New York University, Columbia University, Vanderbilt Universi-
ty, and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Law
Institute (having formerly served as Advisor on the Restatement (Third) of Resti-
tution and currently on the Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance Projects),
of the Delaware and American Bar Associations. He also is Life Fellow of the
American Bar Foundation. Mr. Jacobs has participated in academic symposia and
continuing legal education programs related to corporate and securities law spon-
sored by various law schools and Continuing Legal Education organizations. He
has guest lectured at numerous American and foreign law schools, and has deliv-
ered (among others) the Distinguished Jurist Lecture at the University of Pennsyl-
vania Law School (March 2002); the Regent’s Lecture in Residence at the UCLA
School of Law (January 2005); the Morrison & Foerster Lecture at Stanford Law
School (February 2009); and was the Distinguished Visiting Jurist at the Harvard
Law School Corporate Governance Program (2008). He also serves on the Advi-
sory Boards of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Law and Economics, of
the Harvard Corporate Governance Program, and of the Rand Center for Corporate
Ethics and Governance. Mr. Jacobs has also been an invited guest speaker at vari-
ous international conferences, including those sponsored by the Asian Corporate
Governance Association (Hong Kong, October 2003); the Korea Development
Institute (Seoul, Korea, November 2004); the University of Tokyo (Japan, Novem-
ber 2005 and June 2010); the OECD (Stockholm, Sweden, March 2006); the Min-
istry of Economic Affairs (Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2006); the Australian
Law Council (Sydney, Australia, April 2008); conferences in Israel co-sponsored
by Columbia Law School and Ono College (Tel Aviv, 2008, 2012, and 2013);
conferences at Oxford University co-sponsored by University of Pennsylvania
Law School (2008 and 2011); and the International Bar Association (Singapore,
January 2014). He has also authored (and co-authored) numerous law review
articles addressing various aspects of corporation law, mergers and acquisitions,
and corporate governance.
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Martha Cummings
Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Martha Cummings, Senior Vice President, joined the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York in October of 2012. Ms. Cum-
mings works in the Financial Institution Supervision Group
as a Senior Supervisory Officer for Complex Financial Insti-
tutions. Ms. Cummings has more than 20 years of experi-
ence in the global banking sector. Prior to joining the Feder-
al Reserve, she was a Managing Director with Santander
Group. Most recently, she was Head of Financial Sponsors North America, within
Santander’s Corporate & Investment Banking Group. Previously, Ms. Cummings
was Chief Risk Officer for Banco Santander and Santander Investment Securities
in New York. Ms. Cummings also served as Head of Latin American capital mar-
kets risk for Banco Santander. Prior to joining Santander, Ms. Cummings was
Head of Equity Capital Markets for Latin America at Bankers Trust, where she
previously was Head of Corporate Finance for the Southern Cone of South Ameri-
ca. Ms. Cummings has been a consultant to Wharton Executive Education, and
worked with Citibank in Mexico. She has held positions in advertising and market-
ing with companies including McCann Erickson and International Dairy Queen.
Ms. Cummings holds an MBA from the Wharton School and an MA in Interna-
tional Studies from the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of International Management.
She speaks Spanish and Portuguese. Ms. Cummings earned a BA in Economics
with a minor in Spanish from the University of Minnesota. Ms. Cummings is ac-
tive in a number of civic and professional organizations and currently serves on the
CEO Advisory Board of the Wharton Fellows Program.
Charles M. Elson
University of Delaware
Charles M. Elson is the Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in
Corporate Governance and the Director of the John L.
Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the Universi-
ty of Delaware. He is also "Of Counsel" to the law firm of
Holland & Knight. He formerly served as a Professor of
Law at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg,
Florida from 1990 until 2001. His fields of expertise in-
clude corporations, securities regulation and corporate gov-
ernance. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Virginia
Law School, and has served as a law clerk to Judges J. Harvie Wilkinson III and
Elbert P. Tuttle of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Elev-
enth Circuits. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois Col-
lege Of Law, the Cornell Law School, and the University of Maryland School of
Law, and was a Salvatori Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington,
D.C. and is a member of the American Law Institute. Professor Elson has writ-
ten extensively on the subject of boards of directors. He is a frequent contribu-
tor on corporate governance issues to various scholarly and popular
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publications. He served on the National Association of Corporate Directors'
Commissions on Director Compensation, Director Professionalism, CEO Succes-
sion, Audit Committees, Strategic Planning, Director Evaluation, Risk Govern-
ance, Effective Lead Director, Board Diversity, Talent Development and Strate-
gy Development, and was a member of its Best Practices Council on Coping
With Fraud and Other Illegal Activity. He served as well on that organization’s
Advisory Council. He is Vice Chairman of the ABA Business Law Section’s
Committee on Corporate Governance and was a member of its Committee on
Corporate Laws. He is also a member of the Standing Advisory Group of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Additionally, Professor Elson
served as an adviser and consultant to Towers Perrin, the international human
resource management consultants, and as a director of Circon Corporation, a
medical products maker, Sunbeam Corporation, the consumer products manufac-
turer, Nuevo Energy Company, an independent oil and natural gas producer, the
Investor Responsibility Research Center, a non-profit corporate governance
research organization, Alderwoods Group, an international death care services
provider, and AutoZone, Inc., the national automobile parts retailer. He is pres-
ently a member of the Board of Directors of HealthSouth Corporation, a
healthcare services provider and Bob Evans Farms Inc., a restaurant and food
products company. He has served as trustee of the Big Apple Circus, Talledega
College, the Tampa Museum of Art, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and
the Delaware Museum of Natural History. He is presently a trustee of the
Hagley Museum and Library, the Delaware Art Museum and the Museum of
American Finance. He has been included in the list of the "100 most influential
players in corporate governance" of Directorship, the "100 most influential peo-
ple in finance" of Treasury & Risk Management, the list of top 10 governance
“stars” of Global Proxy Watch, and Ethisphere’s 100 Most Influential People in
Business Ethics in 2014.
Rear Admiral Marsha J. (“Marty”) Evans, U.S. Navy
(Ret.)
Marty Evans’ career has combined military service and
leadership of the nation’s premier non-profit organizations.
During her nearly 30-year career in the U.S. Navy, assign-
ments included Chief of Staff, U.S. Naval Academy, and
chair of the committee that developed a strategy to address
the gender-based issues that gave rise to the Tailhook situa-
tion. Her command tours included Treasure Island Naval
Station, The George C. Marshall Center (Garmisch, Ger-
many), Navy Recruiting and the Naval Postgraduate School. She retired in 1998.
Admiral Evans then served as the CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA from 1998 to
2002 and as the President and CEO of the American Red Cross from 2002 through
2005. Current board positions include Weight Watchers International-Chair, Au-
dit Committee and The North Highland Company-Chair of the Board. She also
serves on the following nonprofit board positions: The First Tee-Chair, Program
Committe. Evans has been honored with numerous awards including eight honor-
ary degrees. She was a 1979-80 WPast board director positions include: May
Department Stores Co., AutoZone, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Huntsman, and
Office Depot.
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Mr. Fischer primarily practices in the areas of corporate,
commercial and alternative entities litigation; he also advis-
es directors regarding shareholder derivative and class
action suits. In addition, he has defended shareholder and
unitholder class and derivative actions, represented corpo-
rations and/or directors in commercial disputes, takeover
disputes, corporate injunctive proceedings, advancement /
indemnification suits, and litigation challenging mergers
and acquisitions, and represented individuals and corporations in prosecuting and
defending litigation arising under various sections of the Delaware General Corpo-
ration Law, including appraisal actions, dissolution proceedings, and books and
records lawsuits
Thiru Govender, CPA
Shareholder , Audit Practice Leader -US India Practice
Leader , Elliott Davis
Thiru focuses on providing assurance services to privately
held and SEC Reporting companies, many of which are
multinational enterprises. With 19 years of public account-
ing experience, he advises clients on international account-
ing and compliance issues across a wide-range of industry
sectors, including software & technology, manufacturing
and distribution, and retail. Thiru has assisted companies with operations through-
out United Kingdom, India, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Lux-
embourg, Ireland, Hungary, Cyprus, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, Malawi,
South Africa, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. His responsibilities have included
continuous coordination of foreign statutory audits as well as performance of US
GAAP and SOX 404 procedures. Thiru currently manages the Audit Practice in
Charlotte. He is also a member of the Firms International Practice and leads the
Firm’s Indian and South African
James R. Griffin
Partner, Weil’s
James R. Griffin is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions
practice in Weil’s Silicon Valley and Dallas offices. He rep-
resents both private and publicly held companies from a
broad range of industries in mergers and acquisitions and
related transactions, negotiating and advising them on a wide
range of acquisition and disposition transactions, including
public and private company mergers, stock acquisitions,
asset acquisitions, tender offers, divestitures, auction transac-
tions, defensive strategies, going-private transactions, as well as fiduciary duties of
directors and other related matters.Mr. Griffin has been recognized as a leader in
mergers and acquisition and corporate governance law, having been named as one
of the leading lawyers in mergers and acquisitions and corporation
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governance by The International Who’s Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Law-
yers and The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers. Mr.
Griffin has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for mergers and acquisitions
and corporate governance since 2008, and was recently named a “Recommended”
Lawyer for M&A for Mega Deals (in excess of $5 billion) in the United States by
Legal 500 US. Mr. Griffin is an active member of the American Bar Association’s
Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, which comprises more than 4,000 M&A
specialists from all over the world, and serves as Chair of the Mergers and Acqui-
sitions Committee’s Subcommittee on Public Company Acquisitions. Mr. Griffin
previously served as Chair of the Committee’s M&A Market Trends Subcommit-
tee, which tracks trends in public company and private company M&A transac-
tions, and the Project Chair of the ABA’s 2008 and 2009 Strategic Buyer/Public
Company Target Deal Points Studies.
Robert Kosian Managing Partner, The Capital Solutions Group Charles-
ton, SC.
Robert has been at the leading edge of the corporate
finance world for the past 35 years. His background in-
cludes postings in New York and London with Citigroup
and Prudential Securities. The Capital Solutions Group,
which he co-founded in 2009, has offices in Boston,
Charleston and Chicago. CSG provides financial advisory,
credit risk assessment, balance sheet optimization and
restructuring services to closely-held companies and private equity firms. Over
the course of his career, Mr. Kosian has advised, arranged or invested in over 200
transactions representing $20 billion of debt and equity securities. Mr Kosian has
extensive board experience and served on the board of several SEC reporting
companies. Currently, he is an active board member of the Charleston Interna-
tional Film Festival, a member of the Advisory Committee of Founders Equity,
Inc. and serves on the board of the Metro Exchange Club of Charleston.
Patrick S. McGurn
Special Counsel, Institutional Shareholder Services
Patrick S. McGurn serves as Special Counsel at Institu-
tional Shareholder Services (ISS), the world's leading
provider of proxy voting services and corporate govern-
ance research. ISS recommends votes on ballot issues
for more than 39,000 shareholder meetings across 100
markets around the globe. Prior to joining ISS in 1996,
Pat was director of the Corporate Governance Service
at the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC),
a not-for-profit firm that provided governance research
to investors. He also served as a private attorney, a congressional staff member
and a department head at the Republican National Committee. He is a graduate of
Duke University and the Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of
the bar in California, the District of Columbia, Maryland and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. Pat serves on the Advisory Boards of the National Association of Corpo-
rate Directors and the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the
Lerner College of Business & Economics at the University of Delaware. He is a
member of the Council of Institutional Investors' Markets Advisory Council.
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Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
Kevin Miller is a partner in the Corporate Transactions &
Securities Group at Alston & Bird and the head of Alston
& Bird’s Financial Advisors Practice. Alston & Bird is
regularly ranked by The American Lawyer and Corpo-
rate Control Alert as among the leading counsel to in-
vestment banks acting as financial advisors. Over the last
three years, Alston & Bird has advised large and
midsized financial advisors on over $100 billion of M&A
transactions. Kevin is a frequent author and speaker on M&A topics, including
fairness opinions, the role of investment bankers, stapled finance and legal and
regulatory developments relating to mergers and acquisitions. Kevin is a member
of the Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Control Contests Committee of the
New York City Bar, as well as the advisory boards of DealLawyers.com and the
DealLawyers newsletter and a frequent contributor to the DealLawyers.com
Blog. Kevin is a graduate of Rutgers University (JD) and the University of Mich-
igan (MA and AB).
Roger Nelson
Chairman, Waterstone Mangement Consulting Group,
LLC
Roger is retired Deputy Chairman of Ernst & Young
LLP. He is a thirty-year veteran of Ernst & Young and
led the turnaround effort of its consulting arm, build-
ing it from $300 million in revenue to $2.5 billion in
the U.S. In addition, he directed the operations outside
the U.S. which experienced similar organic growth. In
the 1999/2000 period, he sourced the transaction that
led to the $11 billion purchase of Ernst & Young Con-
sulting Worldwide by Cap Gemini, a French consult-
ing firm. During his career with E&Y, Roger has served as Chairman of E&Y
International Consulting, Vice Chairman of Management Consulting, Vice
Chairman of the Midwest Region, and Southwest Regional Director of Manage-
ment Consulting Services; was Partner in Charge of the consulting practice in the
Chicago office; and was Partner in Charge of E&Ys Continental Europe consult-
ing practice. His prior experience also included serving as CFO for a U.S. manu-
facturer of material handling equipment in Sydney, Australia.
Roger is currently Chairman of the Waterstone Management Consulting Group
LLC and WMG Capital, focusing on services relating to equity investments and
consulting work with private equity firms. In addition, he is serving as special
advisor to Tata Consulting Services (TCS) headquartered in Mumbai, India.
He has served a wide range of corporate clients and private equity firms in the
areas of corporate governance, financial planning and control, large scale project
management and due diligence on acquisitions in the services and information
technology sectors. Roger has served on numerous non-profit Boards and is cur-
rently a member of the Board of the Oriental Institute. His civic and professional
memberships include the Economic Club of Chicago and the Commercial Club
of Chicago. Roger is a CPA and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Account-
ing and Information Systems at Northwestern University's J. L. Kellogg Gradu-
ate School of Management. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University with
a B.S. in Accountancy. He and his wife, Marjorie, reside in Chicago.
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Donald T. Nicolaisen
Member, Board of Directors, Morgan Stanley
Mr. Nicolaisen serves on the Board of Directors of
Morgan Stanley, MGIC Investment Corporation,
Verizon Communications Inc. and Zurich Insurance
Group. At the request of Henry M. Paulson, Jr., in
2008 Mr. Nicolaisen co-chaired the US Treasury Advi-
sory Committee on the Audit Profession. In 2009, Mr.
Nicolaisen was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the
Financial Executives Institute. Mr. Nicolaisen also
serves on the Board of Advisors for the University of
Southern California, Leventhal School of Accounting. From September 2003 to
November 2005, Mr. Nicolaisen was the Chief Accountant, US Securities and
Exchange Commission. Prior to joining the SEC, Mr. Nicolaisen was a senior
partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Randy Nornes
Executive Vice President, Aon Risk Solutions
Chicago, IL
Randy Nornes is an Executive Vice President of Aon
Global Americas. He has been with Aon for over twenty
-four years in a variety of leadership and client advisory
capacities. He is considered one of Aon’s leading au-
thorities on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Cor-
porate Governance, Strategic Risk Management and
Integrated Insurance. He currently leads a team of pro-
fessionals dedicated to helping companies implement strategic risk processes.
Prior to joining Aon, Mr. Nornes was a financial products underwriter
for Chubb, a major insurance company located in Warren, NJ. Mr. Nornes re-
ceived a Bachelor of Individual Studies degree in Finance and Economics,
magna cum Laude, from the University of Minnesota. He also earned a Master of
Business Administration from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of
Management. He has also completed additional executive education at INSEAD
in Fontainebleau, France. Mr. Nornes currently serves on the ERM Advisory
Board at North Carolina State University and the Board of Governors at the Mid-
America Club.
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Director, PulteGroup, Inc.
Jim Postl retired as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company, following its acquisi-
tion by Shell Oil Products U.S in October 2002. Postl
joined Pennzoil in October 1998, prior to the formation of
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company. He was named president
and chief operating officer and was elected to the board of
directors when the new company was formed. In May
2000, he was named president and chief executive officer.
Postl has more than 30 years of management experience in consumer products.
Over the course of his career, he has been responsible for a broad array of consum-
er products ranging from snack foods to soft drinks to health and beauty aids. He
served as president of Nabisco Biscuit Company from 1996 to 1998 and was presi-
dent and chief executive officer of Nabisco International from 1994 to 1996. Prior
to joining Nabisco, Postl held a variety of management positions with PepsiCo,
Inc. over a 19-year period. Prior to his tenure at PepsiCo, Postl held several brand
manager positions at the Procter & Gamble Company. He currently serves on the
boards of American Funds and Pulte Homes, and in the past, has served on the
boards of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company, Cooper Industries, Pan American Bev-
erages, Auto Zone, Northwest Airlines and Centex. Postl is also very active in the
community. He is Chair-Elect on the national and Chair of the regional American
Heart Association boards. As well as serving on the Council of Overseers for Jesse
H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University, and on the boards of
the Society for the Performing Arts, Memorial Hermann Hospital System and
Houston Zoo. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Greater Houston
Partnership, and is Chair of Early Matters, a historic coalition on early childhood
education. In the past, he has served on the boards of Houston Area Women’s
Center and United Way of the Greater Houston Area. He was the 2005-2006 Chair
for Houston’s United Way Campaign and the Hurricane Relief Fund.
Garry A. Rank, CPA
Shareholder, Elliott Davis, LLC
Garry is an assurance shareholder in the Financial Ser-
vices practice of Elliott Davis, one of the largest ac-
counting firms in the Southeast. Garry focuses on cor-
porate auditing and accounting as well as consultation
regarding governance, financial systems and internal
controls. With more than 34 years of experience, his
industry concentrations include financial services, man-
ufacturing and Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) reporting. Additional professional experience
includes the management of complex engagements, mergers and acquisitions,
projects involving subsidiary companies and the application of accounting and
reporting standards. Garry is a frequent speaker at regional bank conferences and
author of various articles related to corporate governance, audit committee respon-
sibilities, SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and ethics. Garry is a member of the
Center for Audit Quality Small Firm Task Force of the American Institute of Cer-
tified Public Accountants. Garry is a Graduate of the American Bankers Associa-
tion Business of Banking School. He is a Certified Public Accountant and earned
his B.S. in Accounting at the University of Akron.
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Mike Silva
Officer, GE Company Chief Regulatory Officer and
Compliance Leader ,GE Capital
Mike Silva is a GE Company officer and the Chief Regula-
tory Officer and Compliance Leader for GE Capital which
provides financial products and services to businesses and
consumers globally. Mike joined GE in 2013. Prior to that,
he was the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Senior
Supervisory Officer for the Goldman Sachs Group. Previ-
ously, he served as Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President
for the New York Fed’s Executive Group. He took the posi-
tion when Timothy F. Geithner was the bank's president.
When Geithner became Treasury secretary in 2009, his successor, William Dudley,
asked Mike to stay on for another year. Mike originally joined the New York Fed in
August 1992 as a law clerk in the Legal Group. He held positions with increasing re-
sponsibilities in the Legal Group and in September 1995 was appointed an officer of
the New York Fed with the title of Counsel. In December 1998, he was promoted to
Assistant Vice President and became the lead counsel for the New York Fed’s interna-
tional account relationships and currency distribution. He was promoted to Vice Presi-
dent in December 1999 with those same responsibilities and to Senior Vice President
in June 2006, at which time he moved from the Legal Group to the Executive Group
and became chief of staff. As a collateral duty, he served as assistant secretary of the
bank from December 1995 to December 1999.
Mike holds a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy and a J.D. from
Columbia Law School. He is a member of the New York and New Jersey State Bars.
In 2004, Mike received the Department of Defense Joint Civilian Service Medal and
the Secretary of the Treasury’s Honor Award, both for his service in Iraq as a coali-
tion advisor to the Central Bank of Iraq. Mike is also the author of “A Central Banker
in Iraq”, Journal of International Business & Law, Spring 2004. Prior to attending law
school and joining the bank, he served as an officer in the United States Navy from
May 1983 to September 1989.
Kevin Verner
Investor and CEO Consultant.
Kevin Verner is currently an investor and CEO consultant providing interim management to early-stage companies to include financial planning, securing of seed funding and development of operating budgets and pro forma financial projections. Mr. Verner is also a Partner and CEO Advisor for Chicago venture fund Alpha Capital and provides con-sultation on enterprise valuation and due diligence for consumer products investments. Mr. Verner retired from
the board of directors at Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI) in 2013. Mr. Verner was appointed as a director in April 2001 and served as Chairman of the Board and Lead Independent Director for a number of years. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Verner held various positions with WMS Industries, Inc. and WMS Gaming (NYSE: WMS), the last of which was Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to his employment at WMS, Mr. Verner was Vice President of New Business Devel-opment at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (NYSE: RAI), where he held various market-ing and senior management positions for sixteen years. Mr. Verner is a member of the Board of Advisors at the College of Business at University of Michigan, and also serves on the Marketing Executive Board at University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Mr. Verner is a frequent guest lecturer at Terry College of Business
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Myron T. Steele
Partner, Potter Anderson & Corroon
Myron T. Steele is a partner at the Delaware law firm
Potter Anderson & Corroon and the recently retired
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware. Previ-
ously, he served as a Vice Chancellor of the Delaware
Court of Chancery. He has presided over major corpo-
rate litigation, LLC and limited partner governance
disputes and writes frequently on issues of corporate
document interpretation and corporate governance.
Steele has published more than 300 opinions resolving
disputes among members of limited liability companies, and limited partnerships,
and between shareholders and management of both publicly traded and close cor-
porations. Steele serves as Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pennsyl-
vania Law School, University of Virginia Law School, and Pepperdine University
Law School. Steele is a Governance Fellow and has been named to The National
Associate of Corporate Directors (NACD) 2014 Hall of Fame and continues to be
listed on the annual NACD Directorship 100 most influential people in corporate
governance in the United States. Ethisphere Magazine ranked Steele second in its
list of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics for 2007. Lawdragon
Magazine has consistently placed Steele among its annual Lawdragon 500 Lead-
ing Lawyers in America and Top Judges in America. In July 2012, the Conference
of Chief Justices of the United States elected Steele president for 2012-2013 and
chairman of the board of directors of the National Center for State Courts. In Oc-
tober 2012, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform honored Steele with the
Judicial Leadership Achievement Award.
The Citadel School of Business Senior Staff
William N. Trumbull, PhD
Dean of School of Business and Robert A. Jolley
Chair
William "Bill" Trumbull became the new Dean for
The Citadel School of Business and Robert A. Jol-
ley Chair on July 1, 2013. Dean Trumbull comes to
The Citadel from West Virginia University where
he had been a faculty member since 1983. During
his tenure at West Virginia University, he served as
chairperson of the Department of Economics, direc-
tor of the Division of Economics and Finance, and
as interim dean of the College of Business and Eco-
nomics. He received his Bachelors in Business Ad-
ministration from the University of Miami and his PhD in economics from the
University of North Carolina. This past fall he served as a Fulbright Scholar at the
University of Pecs in Hungary. Dean Trumbull succeeds Ron Green who served
as dean of the business school from 2007 - 2013. A strong proponent of interna-
tional education at his prior position at West Virginia University, Dr. Trumbull
has led study abroad programs to China, Cuba and Europe. He chaired the
Steering Committee for WVU's Office of International Programs. A professor of
economics, Trumbull has taught at WVU as well as North Carolina State University.
He specializes in economics of crime, transition economies, and economic evalua-
tion, including cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, with current interest in
entrepreneurship in transition countries.
Wesley M. Jones, Jr., PhD
Associate Dean for Programs and Outreach
Dr. Wes Jones is the Associate Dean for Programs and
Outreach for The Citadel School of Business Admin-
istration as well as an Associate Professor of Finance.
Dr. Jones joined The Citadel faculty in September of
2001. Prior to coming to The Citadel, he taught finance
courses at the undergraduate and graduate level for 11
years at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA.
Dr. Jones specializes in corporate finance, fundamentals
of investment, and personal finance. Most recently, Dr.
Jones managed the construction and deployment of the
Bastin Financial Leadership Lab located in Bond Hall. Dr. Jones areas of research
interest include fixed-income investments, financial market anomalies, retirement
planning, and the impact of market information on performance metrics. Dr.
Jones received his Ph. D. from Florida Atlantic University, his M.B.A.at Georgia
Southern University and his B.S. from Georgia Southern University.
Janette W. Moody, PhD
Associate Dean and Professor
Dr. Moody joined The Citadel faculty in 1993, where she
teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Manage-
ment Information Systems, as well as undergraduate
courses in Accounting and Accounting Information Sys-
tems. Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Moody worked for
Price Waterhouse CPAs, GTE Corp., Eastern Airlines,
and Jack Eckerd Corp. Dr. Moody has published articles
in numerous journals, including MIS Quarterly, Expert
Systems with Applications, and JMIS. She is a frequent
presenter at both national and international conferences.
Her research interests are in the areas of the behavioral
aspects of systems development and the managerial aspects of IS personnel. Dr.
Moody held certification as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Florida.
